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Popularity

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GitHub Stars: 1.71K
Forks: 113
Contributors: 40

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Release Date: Feb 24, 2023
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Open Issues: 68
Open PR: 7
Last Release: 2 years ago
Last Commit: 8 months ago

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Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 40
Funding: Yes

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Python Versions Compatibility: >=3.7

Age: 4 years
Latest Release: 2 years ago
Dependencies: 2 Direct / 2 Total
Versions: 15
Maintainers: 1
Wheels: OS Independent

Readme

yt-dlg

A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl media downloader written in wxPython. Supported sites

Screenshots

youtube-dl-gui main window

Requirements

Python 3
wxPython 4 Phoenix
PyPubSub
FFmpeg (optional, to postprocess video files)

Requirement for build Binaries/Executables

Optionals

GNU gettext

Downloads

Installation

Windows 10 / 11

Microsoft Store

You can download the program for free from the Microsoft Store and take advantage of its features like background auto-updates.

Winget

winget install -e --id yt-dlg.yt-dlg

Snap Store

Install From Source

> Note > The latest version compatible with Python 3.6.1 is yt-dlg v1.8.2

In Windows we have the following options:

Use the Dev Container configuration file
Windows Development Environment
Set up a WSL development environment

In GNU/Linux install make. Ubuntu:

sudo apt install make

Download & extract the source
Change directory into yt-dlg-1.8.5
Create virtual environment

make clean-requirements
make venv

Activate virtual environment

source venv/bin/activate

Install requirements, build translations and install

make install

Binaries

Create binaries using PyInstaller

Install requirements, build translations and create binaries

make pyinstaller

Run yt-dlg

Activate virtual environment and run

source venv/bin/activate
yt-dlg

> Note > The default CLI Backend is yt-dlp you can change to youtube-dl CLI Backend in: > > Settings -> Options -> Extra and change/select youtube-dl

Debian 11

Install the following packages and their dependences:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y apt-utils build-essential dpkg-dev \
    freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libjpeg-dev \
    libnotify-dev libsdl2-dev libsm-dev libtiff-dev \
    libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libxtst-dev

Setting the virtual environment and activate

sudo apt-get install -y python3.9 python3.9-dev libpython3.9-dev python3.9-venv
python3.9 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Install wxPython , requirements and yt-dlg

> * See Notes for install wxPython on Ubuntu > > * For install wxPython on Debian 11 "bullseye" download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.2.1a1-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl > > * For install wxPython on Ubuntu 22.04.1 "jammy" download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.2.1a1-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64-jammy.whl > > * For install wxPython on Ubuntu 21.04 "hirsute" download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.1.1-cp39-cp39-linux_x86_64.whl > > * For install wxPython on Ubuntu 20.04.5 "focal" download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.2.0-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl > > * For install wxPython ManyLinux 2.28 download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.2.1a1-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl

python3 -m pip install wxPython-4.1.1-cp39-cp39-linux_x86_64.whl
python3 -m pip install -r requirements/requirements.in
python3 -m pip install --no-deps yt-dlg
yt-dlg

Comprobar wxPython 4

python3 -c "import wx ; print(wx.__version__)"

List and configure Locales

locale -a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Install using zypper

Open Build Service

sudo zypper ar -cfp 90 https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:oleksis/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:oleksis.repo
sudo zypper install python38-yt-dlg
yt-dlg

With Python 3.8

The following steps can be executed if you use the Python version of the system (3.8, 3.9, 3.10)

sudo zypper dup  # Distribition Upgrade
sudo zypper -n update  # Non Interactive
sudo zypper -n install yum-utils

Add openSUSE Factory repository for wxPython 4

sudo zypper addrepo -f http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/ openSUSE-Factory

Install wxPython 4 global (system level)

> * For install wxPython on openSUSE Tumbleweed download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.1.2a1-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl

Need at least one font installed

sudo zypper -n install python38-wxPython google-opensans-fonts

Install other dev packages/tools for Python 3.8

sudo zypper -n install python38-pip python38-setuptools python38-devel python38-tools python38-virtualenv python38-requests

Install `yt-dlg` global from PyPI

pip3 install yt-dlg

Add `yt-dlg` executable to the PATH and run

PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
yt-dlg

openSUSE 15.3

We need build **wxPython 4.1.1** for **Python 3.6**

> * For install wxPython on openSUSE 15.3 download the wheel from the release: > > wxPython-4.1.1-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl

Dev Tools

sudo zypper -n install -t pattern devel_basis
sudo zypper -n install gcc-c++
sudo zypper -n install git wget

Requirement for install Python from source (Build dependencies)

sudo zypper -n install \
    readline-devel sqlite3-devel libbz2-devel \
    zlib-devel libopenssl-devel libffi-devel \
    ncurses-devel tk-devel libgdbm4 \
    ca-certificates gcc

Install wxPython 4 Dependencies

sudo zypper -n install \
    gtk3-devel gtk3-tools webkit2gtk3-devel \
    libjbig2 libjbig-devel libjpeg8 libjpeg8-devel \
    libpng16-16 libpng16-devel libtiff-devel \
    libSDL2-2_0-0 libSDL2-devel libSM6 libSM-devel\
    gstreamer gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel \
    freeglut-devel libnotify4 libnotify-devel \
    libSM6 libSM-devel liblzma5 libXtst6 libXv1 \
    gdk-pixbuf-loader-rsvg gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders \

Install Pyenv

curl -L https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer/raw/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash
echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' &gt;&gt; $HOME/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"' &gt;&gt; $HOME/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' &gt;&gt; $HOME/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' &gt;&gt; $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc

Custom Python build with `--enable-shared`

PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" \
    pyenv install 3.6.13

pyenv shell 3.6.13

Add python-config to the PATH

PATH=$(pyenv root)/versions/${PYENV_VERSION}/bin:$PATH

Install requirements and run `yt-dlg`

python -m pip install --upgrade pip six setuptools wheel
python -m pip install -r requirements/requirements.in
pip install yt-dlg
yt-dlg

List locales

locale  -av

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Some issues is possible. Can read more in: Troubleshooting GUI Linux apps on openSUSE on WSLg

sudo zypper -n install --no-recommends -t pattern gnome
sudo /usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-64 --update-cache

Mageia 8

Exists a third-party repository for Mageia 8 that have a rpm package for youtube-dl-gui. The repository comes from [BlogDrake](https://blogdrake.net/) The Official Community for Spanish Talking Users

Instructions

First you have to configure the Official Mageia repositories then

For i586 - 32bit systems

su -
urpmi.addmedia --wget --distrib https://ftp.blogdrake.net/mageia/mageia8/i586
urpmi yt-dlg
exit

For x86_64 - 64bit systems

su -
urpmi.addmedia --wget --distrib https://ftp.blogdrake.net/mageia/mageia8/x86_64
urpmi yt-dlg
exit

Source and RPM on Mageia 8

macOS Monterey

Install Pyenv using Homebrew
Suggested build environment

Custom Python build with `--enable-framework`

How to use wxPython with virtualenv on Mac OSX

PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework" pyenv install 3.10.6
pyenv shell 3.10.6
python -m pip install -r requirements/requirements.in
pip install yt-dlg
yt-dlg

Notes

An alternative to install wxPython 4 Phoenix from the Extras section

For Ubuntu 20.04

wget https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-20.04/wxPython-4.1.1-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl
pip3 install wxPython-4.1.1-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl

Contributing

Add support for new language: See Localization Howto
Report a bug: See issues
Check how contribute: contribuite

You can send me bitcoins to the following address: bc1qnlea6zlfca9fpk62pzedrh6z20w0pxn2ujslztw8t84spprlr4cqdeg8u5

Bitcoin Address

Authors

See AUTHORS file

License

The Public Domain License

Frequently Asked Questions

See FAQs

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project and to @philipzae for designing the new UI layout.

yt-dlg dependencies

pypubsub wxpython

FAQs

What is yt-dlg?

Youtube Downloader GUI. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for yt-dlg, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is yt-dlg popular?

The python package yt-dlg receives a total of 177 weekly downloads. As such, yt-dlg popularity was classified as small. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is yt-dlg well maintained?

We found indications that yt-dlg is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is yt-dlg safe to use?

The python package yt-dlg was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 13 November-2024, at 02:38 (UTC).

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Screenshots

Requirements

Requirement for build Binaries/Executables

Optionals

Downloads

Installation

Windows 10 / 11

Microsoft Store

Winget

Snap Store

Install From Source

Binaries

Run yt-dlg

Debian 11

Setting the virtual environment and activate

Install wxPython , requirements and yt-dlg

Comprobar wxPython 4

List and configure Locales

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Open Build Service

With Python 3.8

Add openSUSE Factory repository for wxPython 4

Install wxPython 4 global (system level)

Install other dev packages/tools for Python 3.8

Install yt-dlg global from PyPI

Add yt-dlg executable to the PATH and run

Dev Tools

Requirement for install Python from source (Build dependencies)

Install wxPython 4 Dependencies

Install Pyenv

Custom Python build with --enable-shared

Add python-config to the PATH

Install requirements and run yt-dlg

List locales

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Instructions

Source and RPM on Mageia 8

macOS Monterey

Custom Python build with --enable-framework

Notes

Contributing

Authors

License

Frequently Asked Questions

Thanks

yt-dlg dependencies

FAQs

What is yt-dlg?

Is yt-dlg popular?

Is yt-dlg well maintained?

Is yt-dlg safe to use?

Build a secure application checklist

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Scan your app for vulnerabilities

Source Code

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Config

Fix identified vulnerabilities

Monitor for new issues

Install `yt-dlg` global from PyPI

Add `yt-dlg` executable to the PATH and run

Custom Python build with `--enable-shared`

Install requirements and run `yt-dlg`

Custom Python build with `--enable-framework`