ytret / soundcloud-dl

A small CLI tool to download SoundCloud tracks and playlists, written in Go lang.

SoundCloud-dl

Fork of https://github.com/AYehia0/soundcloud-dl.

A simple CLI app written in GO used to download sound-tracks from soundcloud with a nice UI and some cool features like downloading with multiple formats/qualities and search.

Overview

soundcloud-dl is a compiled CLI app that uses the soundcloud API to :

• Download tracks by URL.
• Search in-app and download.
• Save tracks with tags/metadata : Artwork Image, Creation Date, Author Name.
• Multiple formats and qualities.
• Blazingly Fast
• Download playlists.
• Download user's tracks and playlists. (coming soon).

Installation

There are multiple ways to install, the easiest is :

go install github.com/ytret/soundcloud-dl@latest

other way is to grab is the source code and build.

How to use ?

Make sure to read the help menu.

Usage:
  sc <url> [flags]

Flags:
  -b, --best                   Download with the best available quality.
  -p, --download-path string   The download path where tracks are stored. (default "/home/none/Things/github/soundcloud-dl")
  -h, --help                   help for sc
  -s, --search-and-download    Search for tracks by title and prompt one for download
  -v, --version                version for sc

Notes : -s can't work with a url passed.

• Download through a given URL

• Download through search

Note: search is limited to 6 results of type track, later on maybe playlist will be added. Also pagination may be add!.

• Download a playlist

Note : when downloading a playlist, it uses the flag --best to grab the best quality.