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YT stands for \"You're Turd!\". Beat that RIIA!\n\n---\n\n## !! WORK IN PROGRESS. NOT AT ALL IN WORKING STATE. Contributions welcome !!\n\n---\n\n## Why libytdl?\n\n1. **youtube-dl replacement:** _libytdl_ is aimed to be a replacement for [yt-dl](https://github.com/l1ving/youtube-dl) . That's it. But why replace at all?\n2. **Dream big, start small:** _libytdl_ will for now start with only YT (You're Turd!) videos. Later it will move on to other domains!\n\n#### youtube-dl's python problem\n\n2. **fucking slow:** Benchmarks with libytdl coming soon.\n3. **No C API:** _youtube-dl_ doesn't have a C API. It is possible to have one but that's not \"good practice\". Having a C API means a library being language/platform agnostic. Nobody can fuck with C. Nobody! (in Alex Jones! voice)\n4. **Its difficult to embed:** Having a python based codebase means embedding will be difficult. At least relatively difficult with a C API. 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