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Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader

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Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader

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Post by jamescampbell »

Hey HN! I built YNOT, a simple cross-platform YouTube downloader with a GUI.

It's powered by yt-dlp and completely free/open-source (WTFPL license).

Key features: - Simple GUI - just paste URL and download - Downloads HD/4K videos - Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) - No ads, no tracking, completely private - Lightweight and fast

GitHub: https://github.com/james-see/ynot

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

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Re: Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader

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Post by jamescampbell »

alexander2002 wrote: post #3

Are there any additional option in the ui aside from the youtube link such as downloading a specific portion of a video.

I was thinking of adding some github issues for features. Another one would be downloading the transcript file (which is easy to grab btw).

Re: Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader

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Post by jamescampbell »

jamescampbell wrote: post #6
koutsie wrote: post #5

A vibecoded gui for yt-dlp?

It was a challenge on X. A person was making a PAID desktop app and I said Ill make an open source one in a day. So I did. :shrug:

I firmly believe tools like yt-dlp should not be wrapped as PAID things. Tools like that should be free for all to use.
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