Recently, YouTube download services have been hurting the user experience with excessive advertisements. As an alternative, I have created a service that allows users to download YouTube videos neatly without advertisements.
This project makes it easy for users to download YouTube videos of their choice in various formats. Without ads or unnecessary pop-ups, I focused purely on downloading features.
Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:
- You have installed Node.js and npm
- You have a macOS/Linux/Windows machine
- Install the required npm packages:
npm install
- Install yt-dlp:
- macOS (using Homebrew):
brew install yt-dlp - Linux (using apt):
sudo apt install yt-dlp - Windows (using chocolatey):
choco install yt-dlp
- Start the server:
npm start
- Enter the YouTube URL you want to download
- Select the desired format (mp3, mp4, etc.)
- Click the download button
- Wait for the download to complete