🍿 YouTube Downloader

The fast, fancy, and free way to hoard your favorite videos!

Crafted with 💖 and ☕ by Rolan Lobo

🚧 Currently under active maintenance — things are being cooked. Stay tuned.

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What is this? 👋

A self-hosted YouTube downloader that actually works. Paste a link, pick a format, and boom — video saved. No ads, no sketchy stuff, no popups. Just clean downloads.

⚠️ For personal and educational use only. Respect the creators! 🙏

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✨ Features

• 🎥 4K & 8K Support — Download pixels you didn't even know existed.
• 🧠 Smart Merging — Auto-glues video and audio when needed. No silent videos.
• 🛡️ Crash-Proof Downloads — Uses native downloads so your browser doesn't melt on huge files.
• 🎵 MP3 Mode — Just the audio? Stripped clean. Pure tunes.
• ⚡ Fast — Optimized buffers. Goes zoom zoom.
• 🧹 Self-Cleaning — Temp files are cleaned up automatically. Your disk is safe.
• 🎯 Download Queue — Handles multiple requests intelligently. No server meltdowns.
• 📱 QR Code Sharing (when deployed) — Scan from your phone to grab the video directly. Wireless magic for when it's live.

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🚀 Running It (One Click)

Just double-click start-app.bat and let it do its thing.

It handles everything automatically:

• ✅ Checks / installs Node.js (v18+) via winget
• ✅ Downloads yt-dlp and ffmpeg into a local bin/ folder
• ✅ Installs all npm dependencies for server & client
• ✅ Sets up .env files with safe defaults
• ✅ Launches both servers and opens your browser

📁 YT-Downloader/
  └─ start-app.bat  ← Double-click. That's it.

💡 If something fails mid-setup, just re-run it. The script skips steps it's already done.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend — React + TypeScript + Material-UI
• Backend — Node.js + Express
• Tools — yt-dlp + FFmpeg (the real MVPs)

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📝 License

MIT — Do whatever. Just don't blame me if it becomes sentient.

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Built with ❤️ and too much caffeine by Rolan Lobo

Happy Downloading! 🎬