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Show HN: YNOT – Free, Open-Source YouTube Downloader (james-see.github.io)

14 points by jamescampbell ↗ HN
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!

6 comments

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mock-possum
How does it stack up against jdownloader?
jamescampbell
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.
alexander2002
Are there any additional option in the ui aside from the youtube link such as downloading a specific portion of a video.
jamescampbell
I was thinking of adding some github issues for features. Another one would be downloading the transcript file (which is easy to grab btw).
regsvr32
The UI looks great—really nice little tool.
koutsie
A vibecoded gui for yt-dlp?