Installation

🚀 Installation Guide

MangoFetch is designed to be lightweight and portable, but it relies on a few high-quality external tools to handle specific media formats.

📋 System Requirements

• Operating Systems: Windows 10/11, Linux, macOS.
• Rust (optional): Required if you are building from source.
• Python 3: Required for yt-dlp functionality.

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🛠️ Mandatory Dependencies

MangoFetch uses the best-in-class engines for media processing. Ensure these are installed and in your system PATH:

1. FFmpeg: Essential for merging audio/video streams and transcoding.
2. yt-dlp: The engine behind supporting 1000+ video platforms.

Tip

MangoFetch can automatically check for these dependencies using the mangofetch check command.

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📦 Installing MangoFetch

1. Pre-built Binaries

Download the latest release for your platform from the Releases page.

1. Extract the ZIP/Tarball.
2. Move the mangofetch executable to a folder in your PATH (e.g., /usr/local/bin on Linux or a dedicated C:\Tools folder on Windows).

2. Building from Source

If you prefer to build the latest version from the main branch:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/julesklord/mangofetch.git
cd mangofetch

# Build the CLI
cargo build --release -p mangofetch-cli

# The binary will be located at:
# ./target/release/mangofetch

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✅ Verifying Installation

Run the following command to ensure everything is set up correctly:

mangofetch check

[!SCREENSHOT_PLACEHOLDER: Dependency Check Output] Captura de la salida del comando 'mangofetch check' mostrando los estados en verde de FFmpeg y yt-dlp.

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🐚 Setup Alias (Optional but Recommended)

For power users, we recommend adding an alias to your shell configuration (.bashrc, .zshrc, or PowerShell Profile):

PowerShell:

Set-Alias -Name mango -Value mangofetch

Bash/Zsh:

alias mango='mangofetch'