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# YouTube Downloader
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A GUI for downloading Video and Audio files from YouTube using Nodejs and Electron
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## Features
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✅ Light/Dark mode
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✅ Video download support (High resolution supported)
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✅ Audio download support
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✅ Available on Windows and Linux
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✅ Fast download speed
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✅ No external dependencies needed
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## Screenshots
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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
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The app is available on **Flathub** [here](https://flathub.org/apps/details/me.aandrew.ytdownloader)
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To install run
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```
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flatpak install flathub me.aandrew.ytdownloader
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```
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After installing, a .desktop file should be added and the app should be available in app search.
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Othrwise it also can be launched by executing
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```
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flatpak run me.aandrew.ytdownloader
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```
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### Debian package
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For Debian based distros like Ubuntu .deb file is available. Download and run -
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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.
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Required commands to get started.
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```
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git clone https://github.com/aandrew-me/ytDownloader.git
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cd ytDownloader
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npm i
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```
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To run with [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/) :
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```
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npm start
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```
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