How to Try YuE2, the Open-Source AI Music Generator

Looking for a free AI music generator that can hold its own against Suno? YuE2 just arrived as an open-source release, and you can try it in a browser right now.

In the tests shared with the release, YuE2 trails only Suno V5 and beats the newer v5.5. It keeps lyrics intact and handles stress correctly, so the words come out the way you wrote them.

Tutorial

1. Open the online YuE2 demo at https://huggingface.co/spaces/mrfakename/yue2-3b. It runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install first.
2. Download the model from https://huggingface.co/m-a-p/YuE2-3B if you would rather run YuE2 on your own machine. The weights are open, so you can skip the hosted demo entirely.

Wrapping Up

You now have two ways in: the browser demo for a quick test, and the open weights if you want to run YuE2 yourself. The claim worth checking with your own ears is the ranking, so generate something and see how it stacks up against Suno V5.