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Music Router for Mac

Blocks unwanted Music.app launches and routes media keys to the app that should get them.

By drumandbytes. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Music Router at a glance

Version
0.4.3
Released
16 September 2026
Download size
1.4 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Audio and Music
Developer
drumandbytes
GitHub stars
2

About Music Router

Menu-bar utility for macOS that stops Music.app auto-launching and routes media keys to the right app.

Screenshots

Music Router screenshot 1

How to install Music Router on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Music Router and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.4.3 from drumandbytes's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Music Router show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: MusicRouter-0.4.3.zip (1.4 MB).

What is new in Music Router 0.4.3

## [0.4.3](https://github.com/drumandbytes/music-router/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3) (2026-09-16)

### Bug Fixes

* persist enabled state, harden tap self-healing, surface silent failures ([4593fa7](https://github.com/drumandbytes/music-router/commit/4593fa740e0bdb8efb45385b9a73bd8b3cd99721))
* persist enabled state, harden tap self-healing, surface silent failures ([e20ae05](https://github.com/drumandbytes/music-router/commit/e20ae055c5a3ee617ddae0be884572bb22aa3499))

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