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<img src="assets\branding\svg\ytsage-wordmark.svg" width="400" alt="ytsage-wordmark">
<img src="assets\branding\screenshots\main.png" width="800" alt="YTSage Interface"/>
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**A modern YouTube downloader with a clean PySide6 interface.**
Download videos in any quality, extract audio, fetch subtitles, and more.
<p align="center">
<a href="#installation">Installation</a> •
<a href="#features">Features</a> •
<a href="#usage">Usage</a> •
<a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a> •
<a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> •
<a href="#contributing">Contributing</a>
</p>
</div>
---
<a id="why-ytsage"></a>
## ❓ Why YTSage?
YTSage is designed for users who want a **simple yet powerful YouTube downloader**. Unlike other tools, it offers:
- A clean, modern PySide6 interface
- One-click downloads for video, audio, and subtitles
- Advanced features like SponsorBlock, subtitle merging, and playlist selection
- Cross-platform support and easy installation
<a id="features"></a>
## ✨ Features
<div align="center">
| Core Features | Advanced Features | Extra Features |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 🎥 Format Table | 🚫 SponsorBlock Integration | 🎞️ FPS/HDR Display |
| 🎵 Audio Extraction | 📝 Multi-Subtitle Select & Merge | 🔄 Auto-Update yt-dlp |
| ✨ Simple UI | 💾 Save Description & Thumbnail | 🛠️ FFmpeg/yt-dlp/Deno Detection |
| 📋 Playlist Support & Selector | 🚀 Speed Limiter | ⚙️ Custom Commands |
| 📑 Embed Chapters | ✂️ Trim Video Sections | 🍪 Login with Cookies |
| 📜 Download History | 🔄 Release Channel Selection | 🌐 Proxy Support |
| 🎚️ Audio Format Conversion | 🎬 Video Format Settings | 🆙 Built-in Updater Tab |
</div>
<a id="installation"></a>
## 🚀 Installation
### ⚡ Quick Install (Recommended)
Install YTSage from PyPI:
```bash
pip install ytsage
```
Then launch the app:
```bash
ytsage
```
### 📦 Pre-built Executables
#### 🪟 Windows
| Format | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| ![Windows EXE](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-EXE-0078D6?style=for-the-badge&logo=windows&logoColor=white) | Standard installer |
| ![Windows FFmpeg](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-FFmpeg-0078D6?style=for-the-badge&logo=windows&logoColor=white) | With FFmpeg bundled |
| ![Windows Portable](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-Portable-0078D6?style=for-the-badge&logo=windows&logoColor=white) | Portable version, no installation required |
| ![Windows Portable FFmpeg](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows-Portable%20FFmpeg-0078D6?style=for-the-badge&logo=windows&logoColor=white) | Portable with FFmpeg, zipped |
#### 🐧 Linux
| Format | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| ![Linux DEB](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linux-DEB-FCC624?style=for-the-badge&logo=linux&logoColor=black) | Debian package |
| ![Linux AppImage](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linux-AppImage-FCC624?style=for-the-badge&logo=linux&logoColor=black) | AppImage, portable |
| ![Linux RPM](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linux-RPM-FCC624?style=for-the-badge&logo=linux&logoColor=black) | RPM package |
#### 🍎 macOS
| Format | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| ![macOS ARM64 APP](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-ARM64%20APP-000000?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white) | Zipped application for ARM64 |
| ![macOS ARM64 DMG](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-ARM64%20DMG-000000?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white) | Disk image installer for ARM64 |
| ![macOS x64 APP](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-x64%20APP-000000?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white) | Zipped application for x64 |
| ![macOS x64 DMG](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-x64%20DMG-000000?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white) | Disk image installer for x64 |
> [👉 Download Latest Release](https://github.com/oop7/YTSage/releases/latest)
<details>
<summary>🛠️ Manual Installation from Source</summary>
### 1. Clone the Repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/oop7/YTSage.git
cd YTSage
```
### 2. Install Dependencies
#### ⚡ With uv
```bash
uv pip install -r requirements.txt
```
#### 📦 Or with standard pip
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
### 3. Run the Application
```bash
python main.py
```
</details>
<a id="screenshots"></a>
## 📸 Screenshots
<div align="center">
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="assets\branding\screenshots\Download-Settings.png" alt="Download Settings" width="400"/></td>
<td><img src="assets\branding\screenshots\playlist.png" alt="Playlist Download" width="400"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><em>Download Settings</em></td>
<td align="center"><em>Playlist Download</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="assets\branding\screenshots\audio_format.png" alt="Audio Format Selection with Save Thumbnail" width="400"/></td>
<td><img src="assets\branding\screenshots\Custom-Option.png" alt="Custom Options" width="400"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><em>Audio Format</em></td>
<td align="center"><em>Custom Options</em></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<a id="usage"></a>
## 📖 Usage
<details>
<summary>🎯 Basic Usage</summary>
1. **Launch YTSage**
2. **Paste YouTube URL** (or use "Paste URL" button)
3. **Click "Analyze"**
4. **Select Format:**
- `Video` for video downloads
- `Audio Only` for audio extraction
5. **Choose Options:**
- Enable subtitles & select language
- Enable subtitle merge
- Save thumbnail
- Remove sponsor segments
- Save description
- Embed chapters
6. **Select Output Directory**
7. **Click "Download"**
> 💡 The default download directory is the user's "Downloads" folder.
</details>
<details>
<summary>📋 Playlist Download</summary>
1. **Paste Playlist URL**
2. **Click "Analyze"**
3. **Select videos from the playlist selector (optional, defaults to all)**
4. **Choose desired format/quality**
5. **Click "Download"**
> 💡 The application automatically handles the download queue
</details>
<details>
<summary>🧰 Advanced Options</summary>
- **Subtitle Options:** Filter languages and embed into video file
- **Subtitle Merge:** Merge subtitles into video file for hardcoded subtitles
- **Custom Commands:** Access advanced yt-dlp features via command line arguments
- **Save Description:** Save the description of the video as a text file
- **Save Thumbnail:** Save the thumbnail of the video as an image file
- **Embed Chapters:** Embed chapter markers as metadata in the downloaded video file for compatible video players
- **Remove Sponsor Segments:** Remove sponsor segments from the video using SponsorBlock
- **Speed Limiter:** Limit the download speed (e.g., `500K` for 500 KB/s)
- **Login with Cookies:** Login to YouTube using cookies to access private content
How to use it:
1. **Recommended:** Use the built-in "Extract cookies from browser" option in the app. Select your browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and then select Profile (optional).
2. Alternatively, extract cookies manually:
a. Extract cookies from your browser using an extension like [cookie-editor](https://github.com/moustachauve/cookie-editor?tab=readme-ov-file)
b. Copy the cookies in Netscape format
c. Create a file named `cookies.txt` and paste the cookies into it
d. Select the `cookies.txt` file in the app
- **Save Download Path:** Save the default download path for future downloads. Available in **Download Settings → Download Path**.
- **Updater Tab:** Unified tab in Custom Options for managing all updates:
- **yt-dlp Updates:** Check and update yt-dlp to the latest version, with release channel selection (Stable/Nightly)
- **FFmpeg Version Checker:** Check your FFmpeg version with direct links to installation guides
- **Deno Updates:** Check and update Deno runtime to the latest version
- **FFmpeg/yt-dlp/Deno Detection:** Automatically detect FFmpeg/yt-dlp/Deno path and version. You can use this option by clicking on about button.
- **Trim Video:** Download only specific parts of a video by specifying time ranges (HH:MM:SS format)
- **Proxy Support:** Use a proxy server for downloads (e.g., `http://<proxy-server>:<port>`)
- **Force Output Format:** Force video downloads in a specific container format (e.g., `mp4`, `webm`, `mkv`). Available in **Download Settings → Audio Format Settings**.
- **Audio Format Conversion:** Convert audio-only downloads to preferred formats (`AAC`, `MP3`, `FLAC`, `WAV`, `Opus`, `M4A`, `Vorbis`, or `Best`). Ideal for video editing software like DaVinci Resolve. Available in **Download Settings → Audio Format Settings**.
- **Download History:** View past downloads with thumbnails and statuses. You can use this option by clicking on download settings button.
</details>
<details>
<summary>🌍 Localization</summary>
YTSage supports **14 languages** for worldwide accessibility. Select your preferred language from **Custom Options → Language**.
### Supported Languages
| Language | Code | Language | Code |
|----------|------|----------|------|
| 🇺🇸 English | `en` | 🇪🇸 Spanish | `es` |
| 🇸🇦 Arabic | `ar` | 🇫🇷 French | `fr` |
| 🇩🇪 German | `de` | 🇮🇳 Hindi | `hi` |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesian | `id` | 🇮🇹 Italian | `it` |
| 🇯🇵 Japanese | `ja` | 🇵🇱 Polish | `pl` |
| 🇧🇷 Portuguese | `pt` | 🇷🇺 Russian | `ru` |
| 🇹🇷 Turkish | `tr` | 🇨🇳 Chinese | `zh` |
> 💡 **Want to contribute a translation?** Check out the [Contributing](#contributing) section to help us add more languages!
</details>
<a id="troubleshooting"></a>
## 🛠️ Troubleshooting
<details>
<summary>Click to view common issues and solutions</summary>
- **Format table not displaying:** Update yt-dlp to the latest version, and switch to yt-dlp nightly.
- **Download fails:** Check your internet connection and ensure the video is available.
- **Specific download errors:**
- **Private videos:** Use cookie authentication to access private content.
- **Age-restricted content:** Login to YouTube account to view age-restricted videos.
- **Geo-blocked videos:** Consider using a VPN to bypass regional restrictions.
- **Removed/deleted videos:** Video is no longer available on YouTube.
- **Live streams:** Live streams cannot be downloaded; wait for the stream to end.
- **Network errors:** Check your internet connection and try again.
- **Invalid URLs:** Ensure the URL is correct and from a supported platform.
- **Premium content:** Requires YouTube Premium membership.
- **Copyright blocks:** Content is blocked due to copyright restrictions.
- **Separate video and audio files after download:** This happens when FFmpeg is missing or not detected. YTSage requires FFmpeg to merge high-quality video and audio streams.
- **Solution:** Ensure FFmpeg is installed and accessible in your system's PATH. For Windows users, the easiest option is to download the `YTSage-v<version>-ffmpeg.exe` file, which comes bundled with FFmpeg.
---
#### 🛡️ Windows Defender / Antivirus Warning
Some antivirus software may flag the `.exe` files as false positives. This is a **known limitation** of packaged applications.
**Why this happens:**
- Antivirus heuristics can misidentify packed executables as suspicious
**Safe alternatives:**
-**Use pip installation:** `pip install ytsage` (recommended)
-**Build from source**: by following this [guide](.github/CI_CD_README.md)
-**Whitelist the application** in your antivirus software
#### 🍎 macOS: "App is damaged and cant be opened"
If you see this error on macOS Sonoma or newer, you need to remove the quarantine attribute.
1. **Open Terminal** (you can find it using Spotlight).
2. **Type the following command** but **do not** press Enter yet. Make sure to include the space at the end:
```bash
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine
```
3. **Drag the `YTSage.app` file** from your Finder window and drop it directly into the Terminal window. This will automatically paste the correct file path.
4. **Press Enter** to run the command.
5. **Try opening YTSage.app again.** It should now launch correctly.
---
#### **Configuration Locations (Advanced)**
- **Windows:** `%LOCALAPPDATA%\YTSage`
- **macOS:** `~/Library/Application Support/YTSage`
- **Linux:** `~/.local/share/YTSage`
</details>
<a id="contributing"></a>
## 👥 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:
1. 🍴 Fork the repository
2. 🌿 Create your feature branch:
```bash
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature
```
3. 💾 Commit your changes:
```bash
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'
```
4. 📤 Push to the branch:
```bash
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature
```
5. 🔄 Open a Pull Request
<details>
<summary>📂 Project Structure</summary>
## YTSage - Project Structure
This document describes the organized folder structure of YTSage.
### 📁 Project Structure
```
YTSage/
├── 📁 .github/ # GitHub configuration
│ ├── 📁 ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ # Issue templates
│ │ └── 🐛-bug-report.md # Bug report template
│ ├─── 📁 workflows/ # GitHub Actions workflows
│ │ ├── build-linux.yml # Linux build workflow
│ │ ├── build-macos.yml # macOS build workflow
│ │ └── build-windows.yml # Windows build workflow
│ └── 📄 CI_CD_README.md # CI/CD documentation
├── 📁 assets/ # Static assets and resources
│ ├── 📁 branding/ # Branding assets
│ │ ├── 📁 icons/ # Application icons
│ │ │ ├── icon.icns # macOS icon
│ │ │ ├── icon.png # PNG icon
│ │ │ └── YTSage.ico # Windows icon
│ │ ├── 📁 screenshots/ # Screenshots for documentation
│ │ │ ├── audio_format.png
│ │ │ ├── main.png
│ │ │ ├── playlist.png
│ │ │ └── subtitle_options.png
│ │ └── 📁 svg/ # SVG assets
│ │ └── ytsage-wordmark.svg
│ ├── 📁 Icon/ # Legacy icon directory
│ │ └── icon.png
│ └── 📁 sound/ # Audio files
│ └── notification.mp3
├── 📁 languages/ # Localization files
│ ├── 📄 ar.json # Arabic translation
│ ├── 📄 de.json # German translation
│ ├── 📄 en.json # English translation
│ ├── 📄 es.json # Spanish translation
│ ├── 📄 fr.json # French translation
│ ├── 📄 hi.json # Hindi translation
│ ├── 📄 id.json # Indonesian translation
│ ├── 📄 it.json # Italian translation
│ ├── 📄 ja.json # Japanese translation
│ ├── 📄 pl.json # Polish translation
│ ├── 📄 pt.json # Portuguese translation
│ ├── 📄 ru.json # Russian translation
│ ├── 📄 tr.json # Turkish translation
│ └── 📄 zh.json # Chinese translation
├── 📄 LICENSE # License file
├── 📄 main.py # Application entry point
├── 📄 README.md # Project documentation
├── 📄 .gitignore # Git ignore rules
├── 📄 requirements.txt # Python dependencies
└── 📁 src/ # Source code
|
├── 📁 core/ # Core business logic
│ ├── 📄 __init__.py # Core package init
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_deno.py # Deno integration
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_downloader.py # Download functionality
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_ffmpeg.py # FFmpeg integration
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_utils.py # Utility functions
│ └── 📄 ytsage_yt_dlp.py # yt-dlp integration
├── 📁 gui/ # User interface components
│ ├── 📄 __init__.py # GUI package init
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_gui_format_table.py # Format table functionality
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_gui_main.py # Main application window
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_gui_video_info.py # Video information display
│ └── 📁 ytsage_gui_dialogs/ # Dialog classes
│ ├── 📄 __init__.py # Dialogs package init
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_base.py # Basic dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_custom.py # Custom functionality dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_ffmpeg.py # FFmpeg-related dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_history.py # History dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_selection.py # Selection dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_settings.py # Settings dialogs
│ ├── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_update.py # Update dialogs
│ └── 📄 ytsage_dialogs_updater.py # Updater dialogs
└── 📁 utils/ # Utility modules
├── 📄 __init__.py # Utils package init
├── 📄 ytsage_config_manager.py # Configuration management
├── 📄 ytsage_constants.py # Application constants
├── 📄 ytsage_history_manager.py # History management
├── 📄 ytsage_localization.py # Localization utilities
└── 📄 ytsage_logger.py # Logging utilities
```
</details>
## ⭐️ Star History
<div align="center">
## Star History
<a href="https://www.star-history.com/#oop7/YTSage&Date">
<picture>
<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=oop7/YTSage&type=Date&theme=dark" />
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<img alt="Star History Chart" src="https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=oop7/YTSage&type=Date" />
</picture>
</a>
</div>
## 📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
## 🙏 Acknowledgments
<details>
<summary>Show Acknowledgments</summary>
<div align="center">
<p>A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project by opening an issue to suggest an improvement or report a bug.</p>
<table>
<tr class="section"><th colspan="2">Core Components</th></tr>
<tr>
<td width="35%"><a href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp">yt-dlp</a></td>
<td>Download Engine</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://ffmpeg.org/">FFmpeg</a></td>
<td>Media Processing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://deno.com/">Deno</a></td>
<td>Runtime for integration with yt-dlp</td>
</tr>
<tr class="section"><th colspan="2">Libraries & Frameworks</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python">PySide6</a></td>
<td>GUI Framework</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://python-pillow.org/">Pillow</a></td>
<td>Image Processing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://requests.readthedocs.io/">requests</a></td>
<td>HTTP Requests</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://packaging.python.org/">packaging</a></td>
<td>Version & Package Handling</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://python-markdown.github.io/">markdown</a></td>
<td>Markdown Rendering</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://pyglet.org/">pyglet</a></td>
<td>Audio Playback</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://github.com/Delgan/loguru">loguru</a></td>
<td>Logging</td>
</tr>
<tr class="section"><th colspan="2">Assets & Contributors</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/new-notification-09-352705/">New Notification 09 by Universfield</a></td>
<td>Notification Sound</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="https://github.com/viru185">viru185</a></td>
<td>Code Contributor</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</details>
## ⚠️ Disclaimer
This tool is for personal use only. Please respect YouTube's terms of service and content creators' rights.
---
<div align="center">
Made with ❤️ by [oop7](https://github.com/oop7)
</div>