uTube-cli

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uTube-cli is a command line tool to download YouTube videos and playlists.

It's a node package, so it's available for (Windows, Linux and Mac) operating systems, all you need is Node.js installed on your system.

Note: uTube is built on YouTube.js tool

uTube 1.1.6 is here 🎉

what's new?

• Auto update
• Pass url and quality within command
• Show downloading progress bar
• Set default download folder
• Bug fixes

Features

• User friendly command line interface
• Download single YouTube video
• Download YouTube playlist
• Download some videos of YouTube playlist
• Playlists organized to folders by their names

TODO

• [x] Support -v parameter to display tool version
• [x] Support shorts
• [x] support all youtube link formats
• [x] support -u parameter to pass url directly
• [x] support -q parameter to quality url directly
• [x] Show downloading porgress bar
• [x] Support setting downloading folder
• [x] Auto Update package if new version available
• [ ] Support 480p & 720p & 1080p
• [ ] Support downloading sounds (mp3 format)

Installation

Ensure that you have Node.js installed on your system, then you can install uTube using npm by this command:

npm install -g utube-cli

Updating

If you have uTube installed you can update it this command:

npm update -g utube-cli

Arguments

| Argument | Description | example | | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | | -v | show uTube version | utube -v | | -u | pass video or playlist url | utube -u [url] | | -q | pass quality (if not available will return to 360p) | utube -q 360p | | --set-download-folder | set the default downloading path | utube --set-download-folder ~/Downloads | | --get-download-folder | get the downloading path | utube --get-download-folder |

Usage

uTube is very easy to use, just type utube on your terminal or cmd then you can use it.

Here examples of uses:

- Download videos & playlists directly by passing url and quality:

utube -u https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZKgEye8waGE -q 360p

- Download videos & playlists by passing url then select quality manually:

utube -u https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZKgEye8waGE

- Download videos by 2 steps:

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1. Paste the video URL.
2. Choose the quality.

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- Download playlists by 3 steps:

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1. Paste the playlist URL.
2. Choose the quality.
3. Choose which videos will be downloaded.

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Note: playlists will be downloaded to a folder with the playlist name.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT