🎬 Fifu
The Ultra-Fast, Cross-Platform TUI for Downloading YouTube Channel Content.
Fifu (Fetch It For Us) is a high-performance Terminal User Interface (TUI) designed for power users who want to download entire YouTube channels or playlists with zero friction. Built with Textual and powered by yt-dlp.
✨ Key Features
- 🚀 Asynchronous Performance - Multi-threaded metadata fetching and concurrent downloads (3 at a time).
- 🔍 Smart Search - Find any channel instantly, sorted by popularity (subscriber count).
- 📋 Playlist Intelligence - Direct support for downloading entire playlists or specific channel sections.
- ⚙️ Custom Quality Profiles - 1080p, 720p, 480p, or high-fidelity Audio (MP3/M4A).
- 💬 Subtitle Support - Automatically download and embed subtitles into your videos.
- 💾 Safe History & Favorites - One-click access to your most-visited channels.
- 🏁 Graceful UX - Beautiful progress bars, keyboard-first navigation, and instant shutdown.
🚀 Quick Start
The fastest way to run Fifu instantly is using npx:
npx fifu-tui
Alternatively, you can install it via pipx:
pipx install git+https://github.com/Dawaman43/fifu.git --force
📦 Installation Options
📦 npm (JavaScript Wrapper)
If you prefer using npm, you can install Fifu globally:
npm install -g fifu-tui
🐧 Linux
Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S fifu
Debian / Ubuntu / Mint
Download the latest .deb from Releases and run:
sudo dpkg -i fifu.deb
Fedora / RHEL
Download the latest .rpm from Releases and run:
sudo rpm -i fifu.rpm
🪟 Windows
- Download
fifu-win.exefrom Releases. - Run it from your terminal or double-click to start.
🍎 macOS
curl -L -o fifu https://github.com/Dawaman43/fifu/releases/latest/download/fifu-macos
chmod +x fifu
./fifu
⌨️ Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Enter |
Select / Confirm / Start |
f |
Toggle Channel as Favorite |
PageUp / Down |
Navigate search results |
Escape |
Go back |
q |
Quit Safely |
🛠️ Tech Stack
- Textual - Stunning TUI framework.
- yt-dlp - The industry standard for video extraction.
- Asyncio - Powering concurrent downloads.
📜 License
Fifu is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Made with ❤️ by Dawaman43
1 maintainer
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