bairdweng / yt-dlp-gui

A cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp written in PySide6

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yt-dlp-gui

Graphical interface for the command line tool yt-dlp, which allows users to download videos from various websites, including YouTube. It is designed to be more user-friendly and accessible for those who are not comfortable using the command line.

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Getting Started

There are three ways to get started, depending on your preference and system:

Portable

Download the latest portable version from the releases section. This will download a ZIP file containing the program files and all necessary dependencies.

All releases are built and released using GitHub Workflow

Build

You must have Python 3.9+ installed.

To build yt-dlp-gui from its source code:

  1. Clone the repository onto your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui
cd yt-dlp-gui
  1. Install the necessary dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Use PyInstaller to compile the program:
cd app

Linux

pyinstaller --name=yt-dlp-gui --clean -y app.py

Windows

pyinstaller --name=yt-dlp-gui --clean -y app.py --icon ./ui/assets/yt-dlp-gui.ico --noconsole
  1. The executable will be ready at:
./dist/yt-dlp-gui

Manual

You must have Python 3.9+ installed.

  1. Clone the repository onto your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui
cd yt-dlp-gui
  1. Install the necessary dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Run the program:
cd app
python app.py

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A cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp written in PySide6

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