carrot-leaf 0.3.0

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A good-looking terminal app for downloading and converting videos from YouTube and 1,000+ other sites. Paste a link, then Download or Convert. Built on yt-dlp and Textual.

Install

macOS / Linux

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yore-Des/carrot-leaf/main/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yore-Des/carrot-leaf/main/install.ps1 | iex"

The script installs uv if you don't have it, then installs Carrot Leaf with its own Python. Your system Python doesn't matter, and you don't need to install ffmpeg or anything else.

Already use uv or pipx?

uv tool install carrot-leaf
pipx install carrot-leaf      # needs Python 3.10+

Use it

carrot                 # open the app
carrot <url>           # open with a link already loaded
carrot update          # update yt-dlp
carrot --version

Paste a link anywhere in the app. The video's details and thumbnail show up, then:

You can paste another link while a download is running. Jobs wait in line and run one at a time.

Formats

Carrot Leaf only offers resolutions the video actually has. Files get the title, artist and cover art embedded where the format supports it.

Where files go

Files are saved to your Downloads folder as Title [video-id].ext. Change the folder with s. If a file with the same name exists, the new one is saved as Title [id] (2).ext.

Settings are stored in:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/carrot-leaf/config.toml
• Linux: ~/.config/carrot-leaf/config.toml
• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\carrot-leaf\config.toml

Age-restricted and members-only videos

These need you to be signed in. When Carrot Leaf hits one, it offers to use the cookies from a browser where you're signed in (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave, …). This is off until you pick a browser, and you can turn it off again in Settings. On a Mac you may see a Keychain prompt the first time.

When downloads break

Sites change often, and YouTube most of all, so yt-dlp ships fixes every few weeks. Carrot Leaf checks for a new yt-dlp when it starts and shows a notice if one is out. Press u or run carrot update.

Updates to Carrot Leaf

Carrot Leaf keeps itself up to date. While it's open it checks for a new release, and if there is one it installs it in the background when you quit, so the next launch is the new version. This works for installs made with the install script, uv tool or pipx. To turn it off, set CARROT_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1.

ffmpeg and Deno

Converting needs ffmpeg, and YouTube needs a JavaScript runtime (Deno). If they're already installed, Carrot Leaf uses them. If not, it uses bundled copies: Deno comes with the package, and ffmpeg is downloaded once (about 70 MB) the first time it's needed.

Uninstall

uv tool uninstall carrot-leaf

Development

git clone https://github.com/Yore-Des/carrot-leaf && cd carrot-leaf
uv sync
uv run carrot
uv run pytest                       # offline tests
CARROT_LIVE=1 uv run pytest         # also run real downloads
uv run ruff check src tests && uv run ruff format src tests

Releases: bump version in pyproject.toml, then push a vX.Y.Z tag. GitHub Actions publishes to PyPI.

Please be nice

Only download videos you have the right to download, and respect each site's terms.

License

MIT