Yt-dlp frontend (Project name pending)

Overview

Before you start flaming me for this awful readme, im not good at writing these, you can contribute if you'd like.

yt-dlp frontend is a frontend (if that wasn't obvious enough) for yt-dlp, developed entirely in Python using Flet. It is designed to be easy to use and runs completely locally on your system (so you don't have to worry about your favorite downloading site going under all of a sudden).

Installation:

🚧 There aren't any ready to use installers for Windows/Mac/Linux, so you're required to build this on your own for now

Getting started (Contribute/Compilation):

Setup a virtual environment

Setting a virtual environment up on python is pretty easy, just run the following command to create it

python3 -m venv .venv

To activate the virtual environment just run the following command (platform dependent)

Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate.bat

Unix: source venv/bin/activate

Download the Required Dependencies

• Python
• Ffmpeg
• Flet: pip install flet[all]
• YT-DLP pip install yt-dlp

Build the project:

Flet thankfully simplified the process so you just have to run

flet build (windows/macos/linux)

Contributing

You may make pull requests and whatnot, however for any major changes please open up an issue first to discuss said changes.

Be sure to test any changes before pushing!

To-Do

• Implement the ability to pick where the file is saved
• Implement a proper settings page
• Allow the user to graphically change the file type / video quality / audio quality, etc.

Authors

• Lead developer: @nexusvoyager