📹 Pyutube - The Simplest YouTube Downloader CLI

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Pyutube is a small CLI for downloading YouTube videos, shorts, audio, and playlists.

Pyutube

Install

pip install pyutube

For local development:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Use

pyutube "<youtube-url>"
pyutube "<youtube-url>" "/path/to/save"
pyutube "<youtube-url>" -a
pyutube "<youtube-url>" -f
pyutube "<playlist-url>"
pyutube "<youtube-url>" -- --ignore-errors --write-info-json

Short version:

  • URL is required.
  • PATH is optional and defaults to the current directory.
  • -a downloads audio only (as MP3).
  • -f downloads video only.
  • Playlist URLs first show a selection menu so you can choose specific items or download all.
  • Anything after -- is forwarded to yt-dlp.

Check the CLI help:

pyutube --help
python -m pyutube --help

Docs

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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Credits

Author: Ebraheem Alhetari

License

MIT License (MIT)

Requires

Python >=3.9

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Credits

Author: Ebraheem Alhetari

License

MIT License (MIT)

Requires

Python >=3.9

Provides Extra

dev

Tags

youtube download cli pyutube yt-dlp youtube-dl

Classifiers

Report project as malware

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