Scout

A simple but powerful python-based cross-platform youtube video/audio downloader.

No bloated javascript and fishy redirect ad websites anymore!

Why Scout?

Features	Websites	Scout
Download videos	✅	✅
Only video or audio	➖	✅
No Ads	❌	✅
No fishy redirect links	❌	✅
Application stability	❌	✅
Multiple file formats	❌	✅
Dark Mode	➖	✅
Download Thumbnails	➖	✅
Download Age-restriced vidoes	❌	✅

Native Build Details

Currently testing on macOS 10.15-16, Windows 10, Linux Mint 20.1/GNU Linux

Tested on Python 3, uses f-strings requiring 3.6+

Using main packages/frameworks/libraries:
- pytube
- ruamel.yaml
- wget
- ttkthemes
- ffmpeg

Supported Versions

OS Platform	Supported
Windows 10	✅
MacOS 10.11-16	✅
Linux	✅

Since this is based only with python it is versatile for OS support

Compiling

Compiler: Pyinstaller v4.2 (6/6/21)

Example of setup.py output pyinstaller command:

pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=scout_logo.png --osx-bundle-identifier="com.leifadev.scout" -n="Scout" scout.py

In the makefile, or just using the setup.py you can easily configure and build your own instance of scout. It uses your paths to python and automatically installs all the needed modules and dependcies for Scout (by default), asks for version, name, bundleId, debug, and more!

To-do list

• Release alpha version include barebones of functionality
• Great file browser
• Error handling with Console
• Add customizable settings w/ storage file
• Extensive testing on macOS, Windows, and Linux
• Dark Mode
• Add support for more file types and or resolutions
• Add extra video file console logging
• Add thumbnail downloading support
• Add playlist support with video selection
• Add custom theme integration (TtkThemes)
• Built-in update manager

Help

Reporting a Vulnerabilitys and Bugs

If you encounter any tiny to fatal bugs or security vulnerabilities, you can do the following:

1. Go to the Issues page on this repo.
2. Fill out bug report template of what you have encountered
3. Wait up to around 1 - 12 hours and you will likely to get a response. Realistically, I won't think you'll be waiting weeks on end obviously.

You can also contribute the the wiki as it is public for writing!

Other

I also make youtube videos! Check them out if you want: https://youtube.com/vanillahowtv