gotube

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GoTube

A beautiful terminal UI for downloading YouTube videos with format selection and HD support.

Features

• 🎬 Interactive TUI built with Bubble Tea
• 📺 HD video support (up to 4K)
• 🎵 Multi-audio track selection with language info
• 📊 Real-time download progress
• 🔄 Automatic video+audio merging with FFmpeg
• 🎨 Clean, modern interface

Installation

go install github.com/iiTzDante/gotube@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/iiTzDante/gotube
cd gotube
go build -o gotube main.go

Requirements

• Go 1.19 or later
• FFmpeg (for HD video merging)

Usage

gotube <youtube-url>

Example:

gotube "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

How It Works

1. Fetches video information and available formats
2. Displays interactive format selection menu
3. For HD videos: downloads video and audio separately
4. Merges streams using FFmpeg
5. Saves final MP4 file

Dependencies

• kkdai/youtube - YouTube video fetching
• charmbracelet/bubbletea - TUI framework
• charmbracelet/lipgloss - Styling
• charmbracelet/bubbles - TUI components

License

MIT