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# YouTube Downloader
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A modern GUI App for downloading videos and audios from Youtube.
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<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/me.aandrew.ytdownloader"><img src="https://flathub.org/assets/badges/flathub-badge-en.svg" style="width:180px;"></a>
[![Get it from the Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/static/images/badges/en/snap-store-black.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/ytdownloader)
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## Features
✅ Light/Dark mode
✅ Video download support (High resolution supported)
✅ Audio download support
✅ Available on Windows and Linux
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✅ Fast download speed
✅ No external dependencies needed
✅ And of-course no trackers or ads
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## Screenshots
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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/66430340/187023169-e4cd9b81-1968-4758-85b7-2287808d914d.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/66430340/187023235-45095832-a357-4323-8cdd-50cfd6305d29.png)
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# Installation
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## Windows
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Download and install the exe file
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## Linux
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Linux has several options available - AppImage, deb and flatpak.
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### AppImage
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**AppImage** is supported on most Linux distros and has Auto-Update support. So it is recommended.
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It just needs to be executed after downloading. See more about [AppImages here](https://appimage.org/).
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### Flatpak
The app is available on **Flathub** [here](https://flathub.org/apps/details/me.aandrew.ytdownloader)
To install run
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```
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flatpak install flathub me.aandrew.ytdownloader
```
After installing, a .desktop file should be added and the app should be available in app search.
Othrwise it also can be launched by executing
```
flatpak run me.aandrew.ytdownloader
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```
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### Debian package
For Debian based distros like Ubuntu .deb file is available. Download and run -
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```
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sudo dpkg -i file_name.deb
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```
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## For building or running from source code
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[Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/) (along with npm) needs to be installed.
Required commands to get started.
```
git clone https://github.com/aandrew-me/ytDownloader.git
cd ytDownloader
npm i
```
To run with [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/) :
```
npm start
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```
To build for Linux
```
npm run linux
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```