Simplistic graphical interface for the command line tool yt-dlp.

There are two ways to get started, depending on your preference and system:

• Portable ~ Windows
• Manual ~ Platform independent

Download the latest portable version from the the releases section. This is a ZIP file containing the program files and all necessary dependencies.

All releases are built and released using GitHub Workflow

You must have Python 3.9+ installed.

git clone https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui
cd yt-dlp-gui
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd app
python app.py

Want to create your own presets or modify existing ones? You're in the right section. customization options reside in the config.toml file. If a preset fails, check the debug.log file for details.

Notes:

• All files mentioned are in the yt-dlp-gui root directory.
• The arguments specified will be added to the base yt-dlp arguments.
• Prefer lists over strings for complex presets.

Defined in the [presets] table. Each preset is a key‑value pair, the value can be provided as a string or list.

Defined in the [general] table. global_args is appended to every preset, so you don’t have to repeat common arguments. the value can be provided as a string or list.

[general]
...
global_args = "--cookies-from-browser firefox"

[presets]
...
# WAV audio only (string)
"WAV Audio" = "--extract-audio --audio-format wav --audio-quality 0"
# MP4 with embedded thumbnail (list)
mp4_thumbnail = ["-f", "bv*[vcodec^=avc]+ba[ext=m4a]/b", "--embed-thumbnail"]