Install Shellbeats on Raspberry Pi #

Shellbeats #

Stream or download audio from youtube, in your terminal
If you play a lot of music from youtube in the background, then Shellbeats is for you.
It only streams the audio, using much less internet bandwidth and CPU compared to playing the video.

Shellbeats supports searching, streaming, downloading, and more.

To run: Menu -> Sound & Video -> Shellbeats
To run in a terminal: shellbeats

Fortunately, Shellbeats is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
2. Use Pi-Apps to install Shellbeats.

Compatibility #

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Shellbeats will run on either PiOS 32-bit or 64-bit.

Install Pi-Apps #

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Shellbeats #

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Shellbeats.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Multimedia category.

Now scroll down to find Shellbeats in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Shellbeats for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io