pablostanley/yoinks
yoink any video from your terminal. no shady ads. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
55/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 3
Flags: no_releases young
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 48
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 47
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1333 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
yoinks is a terminal-based video downloader TUI built with Ink (React for the terminal) that wraps yt-dlp to download videos from YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and 1,800+ other sites. It offers an interactive format picker with resolutions and audio-only mp3 extraction, bundling yt-dlp and ffmpeg automatically so no Python or manual setup is required.
Use cases
- download a youtube video from the terminal
- save a tiktok video without ads or sketchy sites
- extract mp3 audio from a video url
- download videos from twitter/x or instagram
- pick video resolution interactively before downloading
- batch-friendly video downloading via a simple cli command
When to choose
- you want a clean, ad-free terminal alternative to sketchy video downloader websites
- you want yt-dlp's site coverage without installing Python or remembering yt-dlp flags
- you prefer an interactive TUI with clickable format selection over raw CLI flags
- you want automatic mp3 extraction and file saving to ~/Downloads
When to avoid
- you need playlist or multi-video thread downloads (still on the roadmap)
- you need scriptable non-interactive flags like --best or --mp3 (not yet implemented)
- you need a GUI or browser-based downloader
- you need yt-dlp features beyond what the picker exposes, such as subtitles, cookies, or custom output templates
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli video-processing audio-processing terminal-ui media developer-tools cli cross-platform windows video-downloader yt-dlp tui ink youtube tiktok instagram twitter mp3-extraction command-line nodejs macos linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pablostanley/yoinks · fetched 2026-08-28 · a311199816d7
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/yoinks · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f8f49bd09a8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pablostanley/yoinks | main | 55 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pablostanley/yoinks")
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