yewtube is a terminal-based application for searching, playing, and downloading YouTube content without requiring a YouTube API key.
Forked from mps-youtube, it offers a keyboard-driven interface for media playback and library-style browsing from the command line, with support for playlist handling, comments viewing, and download workflows. It’s aimed at users who want a text-based media tool that works with external players such as mpv, mplayer, or VLC.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Searches YouTube for audio and video content directly from the terminal.
- Searches album titles and attempts to match tracks by title and duration.
- Imports YouTube playlists and lets you create and save local playlists.
- Downloads audio and video, with conversion to MP3 and other formats when ffmpeg or avconv is available.
- Includes a comments browser and configurable search result columns and ordering.
Website: github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube
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Developer: mps-youtube
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
yewtube is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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