# shaked6540/YoutubePlaylistDownloader

A tool to download whole playlists, channels or single videos from youtube and also optionally convert them to almost any format you would like

Repository: https://github.com/shaked6540/YoutubePlaylistDownloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youtubeplaylistdownloader
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: youtube, downloader, gui, wpf, mahapps-metro, videos, playlists
Last push: 2026-04-03T20:47:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 70, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2991, "days_push": 152, "days_rel": 201, "gap_med": 8.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3094, forks 477 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:42.449554+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows WPF desktop application for downloading entire YouTube playlists, channels, or single videos, with optional conversion to many media formats. It offers automatic metadata tagging, themes, multi-language support, and a built-in update system.

## Use cases
- download a whole youtube playlist
- save youtube channel videos offline
- convert youtube videos to mp3
- batch download youtube videos
- download single youtube video with metadata tags

## When to choose
- you want a free, ad-free GUI on Windows for bulk YouTube downloads
- you need automatic conversion to various audio/video formats
- you prefer a graphical tool over command-line downloaders

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform or command-line solution
- you are on Linux or macOS
- you need programmatic/API access for automation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: youtube-downloader, playlist-download, wpf, video-conversion, yt-dlp, desktop

## Member repositories
- shaked6540/YoutubePlaylistDownloader (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.449554+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 2026-08-30T07:27:18.689234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/shaked6540/YoutubePlaylistDownloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.449554+00:00, sha a21d3fa55bb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.