fifu 1.6.1

A cross-platform TUI for downloading YouTube videos from channels

🎬 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.

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✨ 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.

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🚀 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

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📦 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

1. Download fifu-win.exe from Releases.
2. 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

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⌨️ Controls

Key	Action
Enter	Select / Confirm / Start
f	Toggle Channel as Favorite
PageUp / Down	Navigate search results
Escape	Go back
q	Quit Safely

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Textual - Stunning TUI framework.
• yt-dlp - The industry standard for video extraction.
• Asyncio - Powering concurrent downloads.

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📜 License

Fifu is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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Made with ❤️ by Dawaman43