We propose a bosonic string dual to large N chiral Yang-Mills in two dimensions at finite 't Hooft coupling. The worldsheet theory is a \beta-\gamma system deformed by a chiral Polchinski-Strominger term. We reproduce the partition function on a torus, cylinder three-point amplitudes, and the area law for Wilson loops. We also present candidate string duals to symmetric product orbifolds for general seed CFTs with c<24 and their T\bar{T}-, J\bar{T}-deformations. The results hint at interrelations among confining, nonrelativistic and matrix strings, and AdS_3/CFT_2.
