https://github.com/jasonly027/yd_gui

A QtQuick cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp for downloading YouTube videos.
https://github.com/jasonly027/yd_gui

cross-platform macos qt6 qtquick windows yt-dlp yt-dlp-gui yt-dlp-installer yt-dlp-wrapper

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A QtQuick cross-platform GUI wrapper for yt-dlp for downloading YouTube videos.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jasonly027/yd_gui
• Owner: jasonly027
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-07-05T22:37:06.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-08T22:38:56.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-08T09:29:14.042Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: cross-platform, macos, qt6, qtquick, windows, yt-dlp, yt-dlp-gui, yt-dlp-installer, yt-dlp-wrapper
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.95 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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⬇️ Installation


**yd_gui requires yt-dlp and FFmpeg to work.** Install yt-dlp [here](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp). Install FFmpeg [here](https://ffmpeg.org).

Specify their locations in yd_gui's settings.

### Pre-built installer (Recommended)

1. Download the installer from the [releases](https://github.com/jasonly027/yd_gui/releases) page.

2. Open installer and follow instructions.

### Building from source

#### Requires:

- Qt 6.6-6.7

- Recommended: Qt Image Formats module

#### Steps:

```

git clone https://github.com/jasonly027/yd_gui

cd yd_gui

cmake -S . -B build \

-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \

-D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH= \

-D ENABLE_TESTING=OFF

cmake --build build --config Release --target yd_gui

cmake --install build

```

⚙️ Technologies


- [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)

- [Qt Framework](https://www.qt.io/product/framework)

    - [Source code](https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/6.7/6.7.2/single/)

- [Google Test](https://github.com/google/googletest)

- [nlohmann_json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json)

- [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/)

- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/)

- [CMake](https://cmake.org/)

👥 Contributors


- [Jason Ly](https://github.com/jasonly027)

- UI design by [Priscilla Ho](https://www.artstation.com/priscillaho)