YT-DL-CLI

A quick and easy CLI to download the highest quality YouTube videos, from 4k, you can download ANY quality, or just the audio.
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ONLY WINDOWS OS IS SUPPORTED AS OF RIGHT NOW

There are plans to add suport for Linux operating systems in the near future, so stay tuned!

Getting Started (Windows)

To download this please install the latest LTS of Node.js by going to https://nodejs.org/en/

Open any command prompt and insert the following,

npm i node-yt-dl-cli -g

After its finished

Insert yt into the console, and press enter, you now have YT-DL-CLI installed! Read below for some basic examples and instructions/information!

This projects branches are no longer maintaned, only the current branch is, and its supported, not maintained. Please do not attempt to switch branches or update the program as this will cause a fatal error, and you must re-install.

Basic Functions (3.6.5-latest)

--help ---------- Show help [boolean]
--version ---------- Show version number [boolean]
--update ---------- Check for an update from the API, if there is one, install it. [boolean]
--forceupdate ---------- Force an update, even if its the same version. [boolean]
--branch ---------- choose the branch of YT-DL-CLI to use [string]
--branches ---------- A list of the available the branches of YT-DL-CLI to use [boolean]
--audio ---------- Audio only [boolean]
--open ---------- Open audio/video when done [boolean]
--openfolder ---------- Open audio/video folder when done (DEFAULT: TRUE) [boolean]
--url ---------- Youtube video URL [string]

Audio only eample, yt --audio --url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVcbDGioFA

Video & audio example, yt --url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XVcbDGioFA

Beta Functions (4.3.3-beta)

Options:
--help ---------- Show help [boolean]
--version ---------- Show version number [boolean]
--update ---------- Check for an update from the API, if there is one, install it. [boolean]
--forceupdate ---------- Force an update, even if its the same version. [boolean]
--about About the CLI [boolean]
--addcommand ---------- Add a command for yt-dl-cli (DEFAULT: 'yt') [string]
--remcommand ---------- Remove a command for yt-dl-cli [string]
--commands ---------- Shows all start commands [boolean]
--videostats ---------- Shows available statistics of a YouTube video via URL. [string]
--thumbnail ---------- Gets a youtube videos thumbnail [string]
--refreshmodules ---------- Refresh the NPM Modules if theres any errors. [string]
--branch ---------- choose the branch of YT-DL-CLI to use [string]
--branches ---------- A list of the available the branches of YT-DL-CLI to use [boolean]
--audio ---------- Audio only [boolean]
--open ---------- Open audio/video when done [boolean]
--openfolder ---------- Open audio/video folder when done (DEFAULT: TRUE) [boolean]
--url ---------- Youtube video URL [string]

To switch to the beta branch of the CLI, use yt --branch beta_branch