Youtube-dl-front

Youtube-dl-front is a frontend for youtube-dl. With the easy interface you can download and view videos in seconds.

Installation methods

Docker

To run youtube-dl-front in docker run the following command in your docker environment.

Run without local volumes.

docker run -dp 3000:3000 --name ydlf  enriquek/youtube-dl-front:latest

If you want to save your videos / config on your local machine you can do the config like this.

docker run -d -v </your/video/path>:/youtube-dl-front/server/videos -v </your/config/path>:/youtube-dl-front/config -p 3000:3000 --name ydlf  enriquek/youtube-dl-front:latest

Linux / MacOS

Download the latest youtube-dl version. (Do note that you need python installed on your system)

sudo curl -L https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -o /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

Install Nodejs

# NodeJS installation examples

# Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install nodejs
# MacOS
brew install node
# CentOS
sudo yum install nodejs

Clone youtube-dl-front and install the dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/Enriquito/youtube-dl-front
cd youtube-dl-front/server
npm install

Usage

Start the server with the following command.

cd youtube-dl-front/server
node app.js

Go in your browser to http://localhost:3000

Linux / MacOS Update

cd youtube-dl-front/
git pull

Terminate the current node process and restart with the following commands.

cd youtube-dl-front/server
node app.js