YuE

Open Apache-2.0 lyrics-to-song foundation model producing multi-minute songs with vocals and accompaniment

What YuE does

  • Open Apache-2.0 lyrics-to-song foundation model producing multi-minute songs with vocals and accompaniment
  • Supports multiple languages and genres, plus in-context voice/style reference
  • Self-hostable weights on Hugging Face

YuE — straight answers

What is YuE?

YuE is listed under AI Music & Audio, in the Content & Media Generation category on Flocci AI Tools. Open Apache-2.0 lyrics-to-song foundation model producing multi-minute songs with vocals and accompaniment. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is YuE free?

YuE is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use YuE in a browser, or is there an app?

YuE works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on self-hosting and the web.

What can YuE do?

YuE does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open apache-2.0 lyrics-to-song foundation model producing multi-minute songs with vocals and accompaniment; supports multiple languages and genres, plus in-context voice/style reference; self-hostable weights on hugging face.

What is the best free alternative to YuE?

Podcastfy is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Music & Audio sub-category and is free. Riffusion, Treblo (formerly Sonauto) and ACE-Step also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Suno

AI Music & Audio
freemium
  • Full songs with vocals from a text prompt
  • Free plan renews credits daily on a v4.5-class model; v5 is on paid plans
  • Extend, cover and remix tracks
  • Free tracks are non-commercial

Udio

AI Music & Audio
freemium
  • Generate songs with vocals from a text prompt
  • Free plan has daily and monthly credit limits
  • Extend, remix and inpaint sections
  • Downloads are disabled following the Universal Music partnership

ElevenLabs Music

AI Music & Audio
freemium
  • Strikingly realistic vocals with breath & vibrato
  • Cleanest commercial-rights licensing
  • Pairs with ElevenLabs voiceover
  • Free tier + affordable Pro

Riffusion

AI Music & Audio
free
  • Riffusion's Producer was acquired by Google and now continues as Flow Music
  • Free daily credits for full songs with vocals and instrumentals
  • Open-source roots in spectrogram-based music generation

AIVA

AI Music & Audio
freemium
  • AI composer for soundtracks and scores
  • Edit in a piano-roll style editor
  • Genre and mood presets
  • Free plan for personal use

Mureka

AI Music & Audio
freemium
  • Generates full songs with vocals plus separate stem downloads for DAW use
  • Also offers text-to-speech/voice cloning under the same credit plan
  • Lower entry price than Suno/Udio for high-volume song generation

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