A command-builder for yt-dlp

I've tried many different software to download YouTube videos over the years. They all failed me. And that's why I bit the bullet and decided to use the ultimate YouTube download tool: yt-dlp.

However, it can be confusing to remember the syntax of it, so I created this little utility to help me. It can help you too.

Note: I added pretty much only the functionalities I would use.

Requirements

You must have this on your computer already:

• yt-dlp
• ffmpeg

If you use chocolatey, you install both of them at once via this command:

choco install ffmpeg yt-dlp

Documentation

You can find all the information you could ever want or need in yt-dlp official Github page.

Styling

Water.css

I used water.css to style this utility. I only customized a few things. It's really nice when you want to have something that looks good with very, very minimal effort. Check it out here.

Pro-tip: If you do end up using water.css, make sure to add this to your CSS, otherwise a few things may look wonky (ask me how I know).

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

*,
*:before,
*:after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}

Tippy.js

I love how easy it is to create tooltips with tippy.js.

Remixicon

Remixicon.com is my favorite open source icon library.