hashashinmaster / youtube-downloader

A Desktop app built with electron made for downloading youtube videos with a unique features

youtube media downloader

A Desktop app built with electron made for downloading youtube videos with a unique features.

Dowload Weedy app

click here to download the zip file and exract it, once you extract the app you can use it direclty

Notes:

1. app still in beta version.
2. github release was so slow and faills every second that's why i used mediafire instead.

Setting up development environment

1. Prerequisites
   • you need to have node.js installed in your machine
   • also you need to install chromium. check Readme.md for more infos
2. installing dependencys
   • this project is shared without node_modules folder so you have to install all the the dependencys by your self.
   • to install dependencys:
     1. open your command line
     2. go to your directory where the project located
     3. execute npm install or npm i to install all the dependencys
   • these are the dependencys used in this project and the realtions with each other:

     graph TD;
         tailwindcss-->css;
         autoprefixer-->tailwindcss;
         postcss-->tailwindcss;
         postcss-cli-->tailwindcss;
     

      graph TD;
      electron-squirrel-startup-->electron;
          electron-forge/cli-->electron;
          electron-forge/maker-deb-->electron;
          electron-forge/maker-rpm-->electron;
          electron-forge/maker-squirrel-->electron;
          electron-forge/maker-zip-->electron;
   

     graph TD;
     express-->server;
     handbrake-js-->ytdl-core;
     pug-->express;
     socket.io-->express;
     puppeteer-->express;
     ytdl-core-->express;
   

     graph TD;
     javascript-->client;
     handlebars-->javascript;
     jquery-->javascript;
     socket.io-client-->javascript;
     toastr-->javascript;
     
   

     graph TD;
     raw-loader-->webpack;
     webpack-cli-->webpack;
     
   

• after installing all the dependencys you are ready to start the application:
  • to start the application run npm start in the same directory

Features

1. multiple formats:

video formats	audio formats
MP4	AAC
MKV	AC3
AVI	DTS
M4V	DTS-HD
MOV	E-AC3
WMV	FLAC
MPEG-1	MP3
MPEG-2	Opus
MPEG-4	TrueHD
H.264	Vorbis
H.265
VP8
VP9
Theora

• If you are trying to download a playlist you can download all the videos with the same format (by default its mp4):

• Or you can uncheck the chekbox and choose the format you want to install for every video (by default its mp4):

2. exclude a video from a playlist:

• If you have a video that you don't want to download with the other videos you can exclude it form the playlist by unchecking the checkbox in bottom right:

3. choose the directory where the videos should locate:

you can choose the directory where you the videos to locate by clicking on choose Directory button.

4. watch the progress of your videos UwU:

when you click on download you are going to direct to another page where you can see the Download progress.

you also get notified when a video is completed

youtube video demo