https://github.com/himujjal/libytdl
A c library for downloading YT videos written in Nim
https://github.com/himujjal/libytdl
c nim yt-dl yt-downloader ytdl-alternative
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A c library for downloading YT videos written in Nim
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/himujjal/libytdl
- Owner: Himujjal
- Created: 2020-11-02T01:39:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-11-03T09:52:53.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-23T11:37:19.356Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: c, nim, yt-dl, yt-downloader, ytdl-alternative
- Language: Nim
- Homepage: https://ytdl.github.io
- Size: 84 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 1
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- Readme: README.md
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# libytdl
A library written in pure nim for downloading YT videos. YT stands for "You're Turd!". Beat that RIIA!
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## !! WORK IN PROGRESS. NOT AT ALL IN WORKING STATE. Contributions welcome !!
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## Why libytdl?
1. **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?
2. **Dream big, start small:** _libytdl_ will for now start with only YT (You're Turd!) videos. Later it will move on to other domains!
#### youtube-dl's python problem
2. **fucking slow:** Benchmarks with libytdl coming soon.
3. **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)
4. **Its difficult to embed:** Having a python based codebase means embedding will be difficult. At least relatively difficult with a C API. All languages have a C ABI.
5. **Python 2 problem:** _youtube-dl_ supports python2 meaning that every part of the development process has to cater to the old python version at least for now. This won't be a problem for youtube-dl in future though.
6. **Messy & old codebase:** youtube-dl is a great project. but it has a lot of shit it carries with it. Go have a look yourself!
7. **DMCA Shit:** youtube-dl suffers from the problem of DMCA/RIIA shit. Although this has been good these days, but _libytdl_ will make sure the DMCA terms and conditions. Fuck RIIA! Fuck DMCA!
8. **Large executables:** youtube-dl has to be used with a standalone python executable Since _libytdl_ compiles down to native executable, the final executable sizes will obviously be smaller than the python version.
#### libytdl choosing nim over rust or go or c++
1. Fuck Rust.
2. Fuck Go.
3. Fuck C++.
4. Haskell? Lol!
5. JavaScript, Python, Lua, Ruby, PHP? 2xLOL!
No more questions!
#### Language bindings for other languages:
Let me complete this library first!
### Am I crazy or was I high when I wrote this?
Who isn't ?!