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YouTube Control Center

by YouTube Control Center contributors

Control YouTube and YouTube Music independently, then hand playback between them without overlapping audio

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Security review

No obvious issues detected

Deterministic scan — not a security guarantee

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Risk level
None
Analyzed commit
c9992ea
Scanned
3 weeks ago

No potentially dangerous behavior detected in the analyzed commit.

Automated analysis only — not a security guarantee.

AI advisory review

No obvious issues detected

Language-model assessment · ~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest — advisory only

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AI risk level
None
Recommendation
install
Model
~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest
Analyzed commit
c9992ea
Reviewed
3 weeks ago

This plugin manages YouTube and YouTube Music as separate desktop players using MPRIS, PipeWire, and Hyprland window controls. It launches Chromium app windows with dedicated profiles and uses hyprctl eval for window management, but no obfuscated code, credential theft, persistence, or destructive commands were found.

How this check works

This review combines the deterministic scan (the rule-based results above) with an independent look at the plugin's code by a language model. The model reads a trimmed sample of the repository's files, the manifest, and the README, then gives a plain-language risk level and a recommendation: install (no notable danger), review (look closer first), or avoid (clearly dangerous).

It runs on the same analyzed commit as the deterministic scan and is strictly advisory — it is not a security guarantee and never blocks a plugin by itself. A human moderator still reviews plugins before they are listed.

AI advisory only — automated analysis, not a security guarantee.

Install
$ omarchy plugin add https://github.com/janooh37-hue/omarchy-youtube-control-center --enable
Widgets #bar #quickshell #media

YouTube Control Center

YouTube and YouTube Music finally behave like two real desktop players—not two tabs fighting over the same controls.

YouTube Control Center — hand playback between YouTube and YouTube Music

YouTube Control Center widget showing independent YouTube and YouTube Music players

What makes it different

  • Keep both worlds separate. YouTube and YouTube Music get independent app profiles and independent player rows. A paused video never disappears just because music started.
  • Hand off instead of hunting tabs. One button starts the player you want and pauses every other player, so switching from a video to music never creates overlapping audio.
  • Change the player, not the whole desktop. Volume and mute controls target the exact YouTube or Music stream while system volume stays untouched.
  • Jump straight to the right window. Bring a player's video to the front—or close only that player—without guessing which Chromium window owns the sound.
  • Search where you mean to listen. Type once, then send the query directly to YouTube or YouTube Music. Each service remembers its own sign-in after the first launch.
  • See every session at once. Multiple active players remain visible and controllable from one compact Omarchy bar popup.

Use it

Open the YouTube icon in the Omarchy bar. Search for a song, artist, or video, then choose YouTube or YouTube Music. Every active session gets its own transport, window, handoff, volume, mute, and close controls.

The circular-arrows button is the shortcut that changes the experience: it plays that row and pauses the others.

Install

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/janooh37-hue/omarchy-youtube-control-center.git
omarchy plugin enable youtube.control-center

The plugin replaces Omarchy's built-in media widget while installed. Removing it restores the built-in widget.

Remove

omarchy plugin remove youtube.control-center

The plugin stores its two Chromium profiles under ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/youtube-control-center/. Removing the plugin does not delete those profiles, so browser sign-ins are never erased without your explicit action.

Requirements and permissions

  • Omarchy Quattro with the Omarchy shell
  • Chromium at /usr/bin/chromium
  • PipeWire for exact per-player volume and mute controls
  • Hyprland and uwsm-app, included with Omarchy

No YouTube API key is required. The plugin launches local Chromium app windows, reads their standard MPRIS playback state, matches their PipeWire streams, and uses Hyprland to focus or close the chosen window. It runs entirely without elevated privileges and does not install packages or overwrite user configuration.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.