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That project is abandoned. There is an ongoing fork called youtube-dl-gui: https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui

That project is abandoned. There is an ongoing fork called youtube-dl-gui: https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui https://github.com/oleksis/youtube-dl-gui And an alternative called tartube: https://github.com/axcore/tartube https://github.com/axcore/tartube

WalterGR 5y ago
A cross-platform GUI for YouTube-dl (https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui) 429 points|ducktective|2 months ago|151 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478603
- ognarb 5y ago
  Another alternative is plasmatube[1] that is integrated with invidious and shows the youtube comments, make searching possible and show the video descriptions. [1]: https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasmatube https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasmatube
- filmgirlcw 5y ago
  Came here to recommend the jely2002 project. You can swap out the YouTube-dl binary with the fork if you want (you need to rename it) and the dev is looking into implementing features from the fork into their project. Really good for people who need to work with less tech-savvy coworkers who need to download video files
sha-3 5y ago
It seems to me like youtube-dl is also abandoned. yt-dlp[0] is a fork with additional features and fixes. It is also actively maintained. [0]: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
- grozzle 5y ago
  yt-dlp is a very healthy project with a friendly community, and featurewise is just a better drop-in replacement for youtube-dl. obviously it's building on years of work that went before, but seems to me like the torch has been passed.
- lifeslikethis 5y ago
  Ever since youtube-dl was removed from Github, it seems like they gave up on the project.
  - kzrdude 5y ago
    youtube-dl works right now, so not sure if this is a fair thing to say. But you might have more insight than me. Maybe they realized that becoming a famous project is only a detriment to their mission
    - MrGilbert 5y ago
      Someone mailed the maintainer, and received a reply that he currently has "[..] no free time to spend on youtube-dl as I'm busy with work, ongoing renovation and other post-relocation stuff." [1] [1]: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965#issuecomment-922377500 https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965#issuecom...
    - tehwebguy 5y ago
      Not sure if this is something that affects yt-dlp but youtube-dl takes something like 5 - 10 x as long as watching the video for me now.
    - EarlKing 5y ago
      It works only as long as you don't care how long it takes to download a video. youtube-dl has had a problem with bandwidth throttling on Youtube for some time now. yt-dlp does not.
baobabKoodaa 5y ago
Another alternative: I made a tool which allows one-click downloading videos with youtube-dl (no GUI, no command line). Here: https://github.com/baobabKoodaa/one-click-youtube-dl https://github.com/baobabKoodaa/one-click-youtube-dl
EastOfTruth 5y ago
I use yt-dlp [1] ... so far so good. 1. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

WalterGR 5y ago

A cross-platform GUI for YouTube-dl (https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui) 429 points|ducktective|2 months ago|151 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478603

ognarb 5y ago
Another alternative is plasmatube[1] that is integrated with invidious and shows the youtube comments, make searching possible and show the video descriptions. [1]: https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasmatube https://invent.kde.org/plasma-mobile/plasmatube
filmgirlcw 5y ago
Came here to recommend the jely2002 project. You can swap out the YouTube-dl binary with the fork if you want (you need to rename it) and the dev is looking into implementing features from the fork into their project. Really good for people who need to work with less tech-savvy coworkers who need to download video files

sha-3 5y ago

It seems to me like youtube-dl is also abandoned. yt-dlp[0] is a fork with additional features and fixes. It is also actively maintained. [0]: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

grozzle 5y ago
yt-dlp is a very healthy project with a friendly community, and featurewise is just a better drop-in replacement for youtube-dl. obviously it's building on years of work that went before, but seems to me like the torch has been passed.
lifeslikethis 5y ago
Ever since youtube-dl was removed from Github, it seems like they gave up on the project.
- kzrdude 5y ago
  youtube-dl works right now, so not sure if this is a fair thing to say. But you might have more insight than me. Maybe they realized that becoming a famous project is only a detriment to their mission
  - MrGilbert 5y ago
    Someone mailed the maintainer, and received a reply that he currently has "[..] no free time to spend on youtube-dl as I'm busy with work, ongoing renovation and other post-relocation stuff." [1] [1]: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965#issuecomment-922377500 https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/29965#issuecom...
  - tehwebguy 5y ago
    Not sure if this is something that affects yt-dlp but youtube-dl takes something like 5 - 10 x as long as watching the video for me now.
  - EarlKing 5y ago
    It works only as long as you don't care how long it takes to download a video. youtube-dl has had a problem with bandwidth throttling on Youtube for some time now. yt-dlp does not.

baobabKoodaa 5y ago

Another alternative: I made a tool which allows one-click downloading videos with youtube-dl (no GUI, no command line). Here: https://github.com/baobabKoodaa/one-click-youtube-dl https://github.com/baobabKoodaa/one-click-youtube-dl

EastOfTruth 5y ago

I use yt-dlp [1] ... so far so good. 1. https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp