A simple yet powerful web application built using Flask and yt-dlp (a fork of youtube-dl) to download YouTube videos in various formats. With a user-friendly interface featuring Tailwind CSS and Material Icons, the app allows users to easily select and download videos from YouTube by providing a URL.
This application is designed to work seamlessly on both mobile and desktop devices, mimicking an Android-like UI for a smooth and intuitive user experience. 🎬📱
- Fetch Available Formats: Get a list of available formats and resolutions for the provided YouTube video URL.
- Select Video Quality: Choose from multiple available formats like MP4, WEBM, MP3, and others.
- Download Videos: After selecting the preferred format, you can directly download the video to a specified location on your system.
- Sleek, Responsive UI: Built using Tailwind CSS, this web app features a modern, mobile-first, responsive design.
- Material Icons: Utilizes Material Design Icons to enhance the user interface with easily recognizable icons for actions like download, link, and folder selection.
- Save Location: Customize the location where the video will be saved on your device.
This project integrates the following technologies to create a seamless video downloading experience:
- Flask: A lightweight Python web framework that serves the app and handles requests.
- yt-dlp: A Python package to extract video formats and download videos from YouTube (and other platforms) with high customization.
- Tailwind CSS: A utility-first CSS framework used for building the clean and responsive layout.
- Material Icons: Google’s icon library used for enhancing the visual interface with modern, clear icons.
Here’s how the app looks in action:
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Main Page: Input the YouTube video URL and select the save location.
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Home Page: When you open the application, you'll see a simple form where you can enter a YouTube video URL. Along with the URL, you can specify a path on your computer where the downloaded video will be saved. The save path has a default value set to
/storage/emulated/0/Download/Sealfor convenience (particularly if you’re testing on an Android device). -
Fetching Video Formats: After entering the video URL and save path, clicking on the "Fetch Formats" button will query YouTube for available download formats (e.g., different resolutions, file types like MP4, MP3, and more). The server (using
yt-dlp) retrieves these formats and presents them to the user for selection. -
Select Format and Download: Once the formats are displayed, the user can select the preferred quality/format for the video. After selecting the format, they can click on "Download Video" to begin the download process.
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Download: The video is downloaded to the specified location on the system. The video is retrieved using the selected format (resolution, file type, etc.) and saved to the local directory.
Before you run the app, ensure you have the following tools and libraries installed:
- Python 3.x: This app is built using Python 3, so you'll need a working Python environment.
- yt-dlp: The core package for downloading YouTube videos. This package is based on the well-known youtube-dl.
- Flask: The web framework that powers the application.
- Clone the Repository: Clone this repository to your local machine: