YuE2 Studio timoncool/YuE2-Studio

Windows desktop app for YuE2 that writes an editable score and sings it as a full song offline from 6 GB of VRAM, with covers and stems.

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YuE2 Studio at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

YuE2 Studio is a single Windows app (Rust and React in Tauri) built on yue2.cpp, a C++ port of YuE2, so no Python is needed. It writes a melody-and-chord score, lets you edit it, then renders a full song with vocals; it also does covers via SheetSage2 transcription, six-stem splitting, MIDI and karaoke. It needs an NVIDIA GPU with 6 GB+ VRAM (AMD/Intel experimental). Code is MIT, but YuE2 weights are CC BY-NC 4.0 with a creator permission, so companies need a licence. Linux builds are experimental and untested; no macOS. Same developer as ACE-Step Studio.

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How much of Suno does it replace?

3 of 5 jobs. Songs with an editable score, covers and stems on Windows; YuE2 weights limit company use.

Full songs with vocals from a prompt or lyrics Partial replacement

Instrumental tracks (Instrumental mode) Not covered

Covers and restyles of an uploaded song (Cover) Partial replacement

Extending or regenerating part of a song (Extend Not covered

Splitting a song into vocal and instrument stems (Get Stems) Partial replacement

For instrumental tracks (Instrumental mode), extending or regenerating part of a song (Extend, see other Suno alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

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Runs on my machine? Yes, offline desktop app on your own GPU Full songs with an editable score, generated on your own GPU. github.com · YuE2-Studio#readme ↗ 1d ago

Code licence MIT github.com · LICENSE ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence YuE2 weights are CC BY-NC 4.0 with an extra creator permission Model weights: CC BY-NC 4.0 with additional creator permission github.com · YuE#license ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Individual creators may monetise outputs; companies need a commercial licence for the YuE2 weights Contact us to discuss a commercial license for the model weights. github.com · YuE#license ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required; OpenRouter is optional for the writing assistant (a local Gemma model is the alternative) A writing assistant — a local Gemma model or OpenRouter writes the style and lyrics github.com · YuE2-Studio#what-you-can-do ↗ 1d ago

Hardware GPU with 6 GB+ VRAM (NVIDIA CUDA; AMD/Intel experimental); CPU fallback is many times slower; 4-10 GB disk A GPU with 6 GB of VRAM or more github.com · YuE2-Studio#what-it-needs ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems Windows 10/11 x64; Linux .deb and AppImage experimental and untested by the author; no macOS The .deb and the AppImage for Linux x86-64 are experimental. github.com · YuE2-Studio#linux-experimental ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Easy; self-updating Windows installer or portable folder Windows installer with auto-update or a portable folder github.com · YuE2-Studio#readme ↗ 1d ago