Youtube Downloader

An Electron desktop application to download Youtube videos

Disclaimer

Using third-party apps to download videos is against YouTube's terms of service, which say you can only stream videos directly from its servers. Downloading videos is also a potential copyright infringement unless you own the video yourself, have permission from the copyright holder, or it's in the public domain.

This application was created to demonstrate the author's skills and only for that reason. Keep in mind the only videos that you're allowed to download is your own. By using this application you agree to these terms.

Technologies Used

Electron
Youtube-DL
Electron-Packager
Node JS
Vanilla JavaScript

Windows Download Instructions

Download the zip file
Extract the zip file to any directory in your local file system
Navigate to the directory, create a shortcut, and bring to Desktop
Double click and enjoy!

Mac Download Instructions

Build Coming Soon

Linux Download Instructions

Build Coming Soon

Known Bugs

Videos download at low quality, this will be fixed in next build

Features

User can validate video link
User can select directory
User can view download progress
User can download video

Future Features

User can select video quality
User can download audio only
User can run application on Mac
User can run application on Linux

Preview

Development

System Requirements

NPM 6 or higher
Node 10 or higher

Getting Started

Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/uzair-ashraf/youtube-downloader.git
cd youtube-downloader

Install all dependencies with NPM.
```
npm install
```
Start the project.
```
npm start
```

Bundle a Windows Build

Start electron-packager
```
npm run package-win
```
Change directory into the build
```
cd release-builds
```
Open folder in explorer
```
start .
```
Double click application to open!

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