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24 alternatives to Yt-x v0.8.0 – Browse, play, and download YouTube from the terminal
Posix script to browse youtube plus other yt-dlp supported sites from your terminal (fzf) or app launcher (rofi) with optional previews. (supports bash, zsh and dash) - Benexl/yt-x
Yt-x is a terminal-based tool for interacting with YouTube content. It allows users to browse, play, and download videos directly from the command line. The software is designed for developers and power users who… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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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 · its alternatives →
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hi, this is a project I've been working on and off for the last three months, it's my first non-trivial, non-hello-world, actually useful (at least to me) go project. it would be very nice if you could just try the program and see if it works on your setup! the readme[0] explains how it works, why I wrote it and how it fits in my "command-line centric" computing environment (there is also a video demo[1] :)). if you know go, feel free to take a look at the code and review it! I'm still pretty much new to go and I'd love to hear opinions, feedback and tips from more seasoned go developers :)…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A clean and minimal youtube frontend, without all the ads and whistles - christian-fei/my-yt
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Use ChatGPT to summarize YouTube videos with Syllaby
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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YouTube File System. Contribute to rasguanabana/ytfs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple, configurable youtube-dl wrapper to download and manage youtube audio - RijulGulati/yt-audio
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Summary, search & automated chapters for any Youtube video
2023 · spext.co · its alternatives →
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This is a small project i made years ago and updated to whisper last year, i still use it from time to time and thought it might be useful to others, or just put the idea out there for someone better than me to make a better implementation!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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YTMP▲104Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads
2021 · ytmp.itsvg.in · its alternatives →
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yet another youtube down loader (Git mirror). Contribute to dertuxmalwieder/yaydl development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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Get youtube video download url. Contribute to maple3142/ytdl development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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test $# -gt 0||exec echo usage: echo youtube-url\|$0 fmt \[saveas\];b=$(exec sed 's/http:/https:/; s/m.youtube/www.youtube/;s/youtu.be./www.youtube.com\/watch?v=/;s/hooktube.com/youtube.com/;s/embed./watch?v=/;#etc.;s/?version.//;s/;.//;');echo source url: $b;c=${b##=};a=$(ftp -4o/dev/stdout $b|exec grep -o "https%3A%2F%2Fr[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.%_-]*"|exec sed…
2019 · its alternatives →
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youtube-dl-gui: a cross-platform gui for youtube-dl
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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!
2025 · james-see.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm the maker behind YTShortsDL. The Problem Existing video download tools are designed for long-form video, not the short-form content ecosystem. When content creators try to repurpose dozens of YouTube Shorts across platforms (TikTok, Reels), they face significant friction: manually downloading one by one is slow and unreliable, leading to wasted hours and missed publishing windows. The focus is on individual files, not high-volume workflows. The Solution / How it Works We built YTShortsDL from the ground up to solve batch processing. We optimized the retrieval and queuing…
Nov 2025 · ytshortsdl.net · its alternatives →
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