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Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader
9 comments jamescampbell github.io
Hey HN! I built YNOT, a simple cross-platform YouTube downloader with a GUI.

It's powered by yt-dlp and completely free/open-source (WTFPL license).

Key features: - Simple GUI - just paste URL and download - Downloads HD/4K videos - Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) - No ads, no tracking, completely private - Lightweight and fast

GitHub: https://github.com/james-see/ynot

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!

koutsie
A vibecoded gui for yt-dlp?
jamescampbell OP
It was a challenge on X. A person was making a PAID desktop app and I said Ill make an open source one in a day. So I did. :shrug:
jamescampbell OP
I firmly believe tools like yt-dlp should not be wrapped as PAID things. Tools like that should be free for all to use.
regsvr32
The UI looks great—really nice little tool.
jamescampbell OP
Thank you for the feedback.
alexander2002
Are there any additional option in the ui aside from the youtube link such as downloading a specific portion of a video.
jamescampbell OP
I was thinking of adding some github issues for features. Another one would be downloading the transcript file (which is easy to grab btw).
mock-possum
How does it stack up against jdownloader?
jamescampbell OP
I haven't done much market research, but I will check it out. I was focused on building it fast and getting it out there.

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