# oop7/YTSage

Modern YouTube downloader with a clean PySide6 interface. Download videos in any quality, extract audio, fetch subtitles, sponsorBlock, and view video metadata. Built with yt-dlp for reliable performance.

Repository: https://github.com/oop7/YTSage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ytsage
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, youtube-dl, youtube-downloader, yt-dlp, pyside6, yt-dlp-gui
Last push: 2026-08-23T03:50:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 45
- inputs: {"age_days": 642, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 26.0, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4546, forks 332 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.234569+00:00)

## What it is
YTSage is a modern YouTube downloader desktop application with a clean PySide6 GUI, built on yt-dlp. It supports downloading videos in any quality, extracting audio, fetching subtitles, SponsorBlock integration, and viewing video metadata.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos in any quality
- extract audio from youtube videos as mp3
- download youtube subtitles
- skip sponsor segments in downloaded videos
- view youtube video metadata before downloading
- gui alternative to yt-dlp command line

## When to choose
- you want a graphical YouTube downloader instead of CLI tools
- you need video, audio, and subtitle downloads in one app
- you want SponsorBlock support built in
- you prefer a cross-platform Python/PySide6 app

## When to avoid
- you need batch scripting or automation (use yt-dlp directly)
- you need downloads from sites other than YouTube
- you need a headless or server-side downloader

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, python
- tags: youtube-downloader, yt-dlp, pyside6, subtitles, sponsorblock, video-metadata, desktop

## Member repositories
- oop7/YTSage (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.234569+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 2026-08-29T18:20:06.740480+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oop7/YTSage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.234569+00:00, sha a2d6446d97c4)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ytsage/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:48.471756+00:00, sha 18adaf9eb39d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.