MermaYT

A Windows GUI wrapper for the yt-dlp command-line tool.

About

MermaYT provides a simple graphical interface for downloading audio and video from YouTube via yt-dlp.

Screenshots

Features

• Download YouTube videos and audio
• Supports MP3 and MP4
• Light, dark, and system theme support
• When downloading audio, ffmpeg is used to convert downloaded video to MP3

Requirements

• Windows 10 or later

Tech Stack

• UI: WinUI 3
• Framework: .NET 8

Build

Publish portable release (x64)

dotnet publish src/MermaYT.WinUi/MermaYT.WinUi.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained /p:Platform=x64 /p:WindowsPackageType=None /p:WindowsAppSDKSelfContained=true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:DebugType=None /p:DebugSymbols=false

Output files will be in src/MermaYT.WinUi/bin/x64/Release/net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0/win-x64/publish.