Stream-Safe Music
“Copyright-free” doesn't mean safe everywhere. Music that's fine live on Twitch can still mute your VOD or get your YouTube upload claimed. So for every source we show exactly where it's safe, based on its own license.
Checked October 2026
Showing 32 of 32 sources
- Safe
- Safe with steps
- Not allowed
- Not confirmed
NIGHTMODE
NIGHTMODE is an LA-based electronic label (established 2019) whose catalog is pre-cleared for content creators. Its license page says you can monetize on Twitch, YouTube, TikTok and other platforms without credit. The Spotify 'DMCA-FREE' playlist lists at least 100 tracks, and the site's artist directory lists roughly 130 artists.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- 100+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Tunetank
Tunetank is a royalty-free music and SFX library (50,000+ tracks) with a free tier and low-cost Pro and Max plans. Every track is registered in YouTube Content ID, and paid plans whitelist your channel so claims clear automatically. The help center allows live streams in general, but Twitch and Kick aren't named.
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- Price
- Free / from $7/mo
- Catalog
- 50,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Free Music Archive
Free Music Archive is a big free archive of independent music, mostly under Creative Commons licenses. It's run by Tribe of Noise, which also sells paid licenses through Tribe of Noise PRO. Each track has its own rules, so streamers who monetize should only use tracks marked for commercial use.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- Large CC archive
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
NoCopyrightSounds (NCS)
NCS is a UK record label that gives its electronic music away free to independent creators on YouTube and Twitch. Credit the artist and track, follow the usage policy, and you can monetize your content. The catalog is over 1,500 songs across house, dubstep, trap, drum and bass and more.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- 1,500+ tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
StreamBeats by Harris Heller
StreamBeats is a free music library made by streamer Harris Heller, with 1,700+ lo-fi, EDM, hip-hop and synthwave tracks. It needs no account and no attribution, and it can be monetized on Twitch and YouTube. Claims on YouTube are cleared by filling in a false claim form.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- 1,700+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
AudionautiX
AudionautiX is a free library by composer Jason Shaw covering jazz, electronic, folk, rock, hip-hop and more under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You can use it commercially if you credit the site. There is no clearing service for claims.
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- Price
- Free (donations welcome)
- Catalog
- Hundreds of tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod)
Incompetech is Kevin MacLeod's long-running library of royalty-free music released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You can use it free on YouTube (including monetized), on streams and in live productions if you credit him in a specific format. A paid Standard License exists for projects that cannot credit.
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- Price
- Free (CC BY 4.0)
- Catalog
- 1,400+ tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Uppbeat
Uppbeat is a UK music library for creators. It has a free tier that uses per-video credits and low-cost paid plans that safelist your YouTube channels. Its site names Twitch, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram as cleared platforms, including for live streams.
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- Price
- Free / from $8.99/mo
- Catalog
- Not published
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Epidemic Sound
Epidemic Sound is a large subscription catalog of 55,000+ tracks and 250,000 sound effects. The Creator plan covers one monetized channel per platform on Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more once you connect your channel. Content you published while subscribed stays cleared after you cancel.
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- Price
- From $14.99/mo
- Catalog
- 55,000+ tracks + SFX
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
HookSounds
HookSounds is a subscription library of music, sound effects and intros, all made by in-house composers with no AI. Paid plans include livestreaming and VoD use plus channel whitelisting to stop YouTube Content ID claims. A small free selection exists for non-monetized projects only.
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- Price
- From $9.99/mo
- Catalog
- 25,000+ assets
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Purple Planet Music
Purple Planet Music is a UK-based library of human-composed royalty-free background music by Chris Martyn and Geoff Harvey. It is free for YouTube, social media and personal projects with a credit line, and one-off paid licenses ($8 Standard, $40 Broadcast) cover commercial uses and remove the credit. Roughly 990 tracks are available, with new ones added monthly.
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- Price
- Free / from $8 per track
- Catalog
- 990+ tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
SoundScout (formerly Monstercat Gold)
SoundScout is the rebuilt version of Monstercat Gold: a subscription catalog of 10,000+ tracks from Monstercat and other labels, with AI search and OBS tools. The Creator plan covers monetized streaming on Twitch and YouTube Live plus claim clearing on connected channels. It is human-made music and states it contains no AI-generated songs.
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- Price
- From $14.99/mo
- Catalog
- 10,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Pretzel Rocks
Pretzel is a desktop music player built for Twitch with over 600,000 licensed tracks, 60+ stations and chat/overlay integration. A 150,000+ track YouTube-safe filter covers YouTube live streams, while uploaded YouTube videos need the Pro plan with downloads. It is a subscription service with a 14-day free trial.
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- Price
- From $7.49/mo
- Catalog
- 600,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Soundstripe
Soundstripe is a Nashville-based subscription library with a catalog it says is 100% human-made. Its plans clear YouTube Content ID claims automatically for channels you add, and it offers a Twitch extension. Personal covers non-commercial content; sponsored and client work needs Pro or higher.
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- Price
- From $9.99/mo
- Catalog
- 58,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
AIVA
AIVA is one of the oldest AI composers, known for orchestral and cinematic music with a built-in editor and MIDI export. Its Standard plan allows monetization on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram. The Pro plan transfers copyright to you.
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- Price
- From €11/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
Beatoven.ai
Beatoven.ai is an Indian AI music generator for background music and sound effects. It is Fairly Trained certified and says it pays musicians whose music trains its model. Each downloaded track comes with a perpetual license for YouTube, livestreams and social content.
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- Price
- From $10/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
Eleven Music (ElevenLabs)
Eleven Music is ElevenLabs' AI music generator, launched in August 2025 with licensing deals with Merlin (independent labels) and Kobalt (publishing). It makes vocal or instrumental tracks from text prompts. Paid plans allow commercial online use, with monthly download-minute limits.
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- Price
- From $6/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
Loudly
Loudly is a Berlin-based AI music platform with its own VEGA instrumental models and MANTA vocal model, plus a royalty-free library. Paid plans let you monetize on YouTube and social platforms, and Loudly whitelists your YouTube channel. Users can't register Loudly music in Content ID.
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- Price
- From $14.99/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
SOUNDRAW
SOUNDRAW is a Japanese AI music generator for royalty-free instrumentals. You can change the length, mood, tempo and instruments of each track. The Creator plan allows monetized use as background music in videos and streams, and downloaded tracks stay licensed after you cancel.
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- Price
- From ~$17/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
Suno
Suno is the best-known AI song generator. It makes full songs with vocals from a text prompt. Since September 2026 it runs licensed v6 models (partners include Warner, BMG and Believe). Downloads and commercial rights now need a paid plan and come with monthly download caps.
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- Price
- From $10/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- AI music
Bensound
Bensound is a stock music library of cinematic, acoustic, lo-fi and pop tracks. Free tracks need a unique attribution text for every video; paid plans remove credit and add YouTube channel whitelisting. The Individual subscription costs EUR 119 per year.
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- Price
- Free / from €9.99/mo
- Catalog
- Thousands of tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Chillhop Music
Chillhop is a lo-fi hip-hop label whose free Creators Program lets individuals use designated tracks on YouTube and Twitch. You sign up, link your channel and add the required credit. Claims on credited videos are released by Chillhop's system.
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- Price
- Free (Creators Program)
- Catalog
- Large lo-fi catalog
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Slipstream
Slipstream (formerly Slip.stream) is a subscription music library with 1,000,000+ human-made songs and 300,000+ sound effects. Connect your channels and it clears YouTube Content ID claims through Orfium. Twitch is listed as a covered platform, but Slipstream doesn't explain VOD or Kick rules.
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- Price
- From $10/mo
- Catalog
- 1,000,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
Thematic
Thematic is a free-to-start platform where independent artists offer their songs to creators. You connect your YouTube channel and paste a per-song license link into each description, which keeps Content ID from claiming you. Paid plans unlock the full catalog and more channels.
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- Price
- Free / from $4.99/mo
- Catalog
- Not published
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Artlist
Artlist is an Israeli subscription library with a human-made music catalog and unlimited downloads. The Social plan covers one channel per platform, including Twitch, and its Clearlist links your channels to your license to prevent claims. Higher plans add more channels, client work and AI tools.
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- Price
- From $9.99/mo
- Catalog
- Not published
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- Some AI music
Mubert
Mubert generates endless AI instrumental music by mood and genre. Mubert Render makes downloadable tracks for videos, and Mubert for Streamers plays a non-stop feed into OBS or Streamlabs. Monetized video use needs the Pro plan.
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- Price
- From $14.99/mo
- Catalog
- Unlimited (AI)
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- AI music
Mixkit
Mixkit is Envato's free stock library of music, sound effects and video. Its music license allows commercial use on any web or social media platform, with no attribution required. It excludes TV/radio broadcast and video games, and it doesn't specifically mention Twitch or live streaming.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- Hundreds of tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- No AI music
White Bat Audio
White Bat Audio is composer Karl Casey's synthwave label. His music is free for YouTube videos, live streams, games and podcasts, and monetization is allowed as long as you credit 'Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio'. YouTube Content ID automatically checks your description for that credit.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- Large synthwave library
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Lickd
Lickd licenses mainstream songs from major labels, plus a royalty-free library, to YouTube creators, with prices based on your average views. Its VOUCH system clears YouTube Content ID claims automatically. Live streaming is supported on YouTube only, not Twitch or Kick.
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- Price
- From $22.99/mo
- Catalog
- 1.4M+ mainstream tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
Envato
Envato is a subscription library of stock assets, including 174,000+ music tracks, with unlimited downloads. The music is cleared for uploaded social videos, and the built-in Claim Clear tool handles YouTube Content ID. Envato's license excludes live streams, so it doesn't work for Twitch or Kick.
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- Price
- From $16.50/mo
- Catalog
- 174,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- Some AI music
Pixabay Music
Pixabay Music is a free library of 300,000+ community-uploaded tracks, usable commercially with no credit required. Some creators register their tracks in YouTube Content ID, so claims happen and you have to dispute them with Pixabay's license certificate. Pixabay gives no guidance for Twitch or Kick.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- 300,000+ tracks
- Credit
- Not required
- Contains
- Some AI music
YouTube Audio Library
The YouTube Audio Library is a free collection of music and sound effects inside YouTube Studio. YouTube promises its tracks won't get Content ID claims and allows monetization on YouTube. It's built for YouTube videos, and YouTube's terms don't cover Twitch, Kick or other platforms.
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- Price
- Free
- Catalog
- Thousands of tracks
- Credit
- Required
- Contains
- No AI music
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What the platform badges mean
- Safe
- The license explicitly allows it. Credit the artist if the listing says to, and you're covered.
- Safe with steps
- Allowed, but you have to do something first: register or whitelist your channel, be on a paid plan, or follow a specific credit format.
- Not allowed
- The license excludes this platform. Using it here can get you claimed, muted, or struck.
- Not confirmed
- The terms don't say. We couldn't confirm it either way, so treat it as a risk.
The Twitch badge covers live streams and VODs, and shows the riskier of the two. Each source page breaks them out separately. How we check sources
How to choose the right source
Just starting out?
Start with StreamBeats by Harris Heller: free, no credit needed, and built for streams. Once you stream consistently and want more variety, look at a paid library.
Stream on Twitch, upload to YouTube?
Filter by Safe on: Twitch + YouTube. Libraries like Epidemic Sound and SoundScout clear YouTube claims once you connect your channel. Check the plan, though: Pretzel's cheaper plan covers YouTube live streams, but uploaded videos need its Pro plan.
Need a wide genre range for free?
Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod) and AudionautiX cover jazz, cinematic, blues, folk, and more under Creative Commons. You have to credit them, and each page tells you exactly how.
Thinking about AI music?
AI tools are marked with an AI music badge and can be filtered in or out. Free plans usually don't include monetization rights, and AI tracks can still get claimed, so read the “AI music: what to know” box on each page first.
Not sure what “DMCA-safe” actually means? Read the full DMCA guide →