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I found the manual process of downloading various YouTube assets painful so built a simple app to help myself and hopefully others. The app wraps up popular Python libraries (`yt-dlp, scrapetube, youtube-transcript-api`) and makes their functionality easier to use. Python and Docker versions are available.
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yt-fts is a simple python script that uses yt-dlp to scrape all of a youtube channels subtitles and load them into an sqlite database that is searchable from the command line. It allows you to query a channel for specific key word or phrase and will generate time stamped youtube urls to the video containing the keyword.
2023 · github.com
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2025 · github.com
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2024 · downloadyoutubesubtitle.com
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Lack of yt-dlp+ffmpeg and screenshots' limited size on my mobile phone prompted me to build a simple tool to download pictures from YouTube videos. Check it out. hope you guys find it useful
2024 · ytpics.com
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Hey HN, I've been working on this side project for the past month. It generates a step-by-step tutorial guide for YouTube videos that you can follow along without watching long videos. Best suited for tutorial videos but can work for other videos aswell. No BS. Just straight to the point. The guides are generated from pure transcript so you don't have to worry about it being AI. It's my first project as a total beginner. Something I had to do inorder to get out of tutorial hell. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you face any problems or bugs. I would try to fix them to the…
2024 · stepify.tech
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2020 · github.com
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2024 · appblit.com
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After hearing several youtubers I follow describe ardiuous manual processes for downloading youtube transcripts, I made a simple app to help anyone download transcripts in bulk. Drag and drop a text file with one url per line, or enter urls manually. hf space demo --> https://huggingface.co/spaces/neonwatty/youtube_shorts_trans... github repo --> https://github.com/neonwatty/youtube_shorts_transcript_downl...
2024 · github.com
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May 2026 · github.com
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2015 · vibdownload.com
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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!
Oct 2025 · james-see.github.io
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Download YouTube videos, Shorts, and audio online
Jun 2026 · ssyoutube-downloader.com
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m2m, a purely command line bash application which allows you to download any video or playlist off of youtube dailymotion and pretty much anything yt-dlp supports
Nov 2025 · github.com
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