yt-dlp Web UI

A not so terrible web ui for yt-dlp.
Created for the only purpose of fetching videos from my server/nas.

Intended to be used with docker but standalone is fine too. 😎👍

Developed to be as lightweight as possible (because my server is basically an intel atom sbc).

The bottleneck remains yt-dlp startup time (until yt-dlp will provide a rpc interface).

I will eventually make this better as soon as I can. Not in the immediate.

Format selection is in progress

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Changelog:

05/03/22: Korean translation by kimpig

03/03/22: cut-down image size by switching to Alpine linux based container

01/03/22: Chinese translation by deluxghost

03/02/22: i18n enabled! I need help with the translations :/

27/01/22: Multidownload implemented!

26/01/22: Multiple downloads are being implemented. Maybe by next release they will be there.
Refactoring and JSDoc.

04/01/22: Background jobs now are retrieved!! It's still rudimentary but it leverages on yt-dlp resume feature

05/05/22: Material UI update

Now with dark mode

Settings

The avaible settings are currently only:

• Server address
• Switch theme
• Extract audio
• Switch language

Future releases will have:

• Multi download done
• Exctract audio done
• Format selection in-progess

Troubleshooting

• It says that it isn't connected/ip in the footer is not defined.
  • You must set the server ip address in the settings section (gear icon).
• The download doesn't start.
  • As before server address is not specified or simply yt-dlp process takes a lot of time to fire up. (Forking yt-dlp isn't fast especially if you have a lower-end/low-power NAS/server/desktop where the server is running)
• Background jobs are not retrieved.
  • As before forking yt-dlp isn't fast so resuming n background jobs takes n*time to exec yt-dlp Just have patience.

Docker installation

docker pull marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui:latest
# or alternatively docker pull ghcr.io/marcobaobao/yt-dlp-web-ui:master
docker run -d -p 3022:3022 -v <your dir>:/usr/src/yt-dlp-webui/downloads marcobaobao/yt-dlp-webui

or

docker build -t yt-dlp-webui .
docker run -d -p 3022:3022 -v <your dir>:/usr/src/yt-dlp-webui/downloads yt-dlp-webui

Manual installation

# the dependencies are: python3, ffmpeg, nodejs, psmisc.

npm i
npm run build-all

# edit the settings.json specifying the download path or 
# it will default to the following created folder

mkdir downloads

node dist/main.js

FAQ

• Will it availabe for Raspberry Pi/ generic ARM devices?
  • Yes, absolutely a multi-arch docker image is planned to be released.
    Alternatively use the non-docker / Manual installation method.
    If you plan to use it on a Raspberry Pi ensure to have fast and durable storage.
• Why the docker image is so heavy?
  • Originally it was 1.8GB circa, now it has been slimmed to ~340MB compressed. This is due to the fact that it encapsule a basic Alpine linux image + FFmpeg + Node.js + Python3 + yt-dlp.
• Am I forced to run it on port 3022?
  • Well, yes (until now).
• Why is it so slow to start a download?
  • I genuinely don't know. I know that standalone yt-dlp is slow to start up even on my M1 Mac, so....

Todo list

• retrieve background tasks
• format selection
• better ui/ux