# MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui

A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

Repository: https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youtube-dl-gui
Language: Python
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: youtube-dl, python, wxpython, gui, cross-platform, youtube-dlg, downloader, video, video-downloader, linux, windows, youtube-dl-gui, pypi, youtube
Last push: 2022-12-06T17:12:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4568, "days_push": 1366, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9425, forks 1578 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.109278+00:00)

## What it is
youtube-dlG is a cross-platform graphical front-end for the popular youtube-dl command-line media downloader, written in Python with wxPython. It provides a point-and-click interface for downloading videos from supported sites without using the terminal.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos with a gui
- graphical front-end for youtube-dl
- download videos from websites without command line
- batch download videos on windows and linux
- simple video downloader app for desktop

## When to choose
- you want a gui instead of the youtube-dl command line
- you need a lightweight cross-platform video downloader
- you prefer point-and-click downloading with optional ffmpeg post-processing

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained support for modern sites (yt-dlp era)
- you want a cli or scripted downloading workflow
- you need features beyond what youtube-dl itself supports

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, video-processing
- domain: media, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: youtube-dl, video-downloader, wxpython, front-end, media-downloader, download, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.109278+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:22:09.225948+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MrS0m30n3/youtube-dl-gui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.109278+00:00, sha a6e91a8005c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.