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dmelo/you2better
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Provides a way to download youtube media as mp3 or m4v files.

1.1.19(9y ago)6141[2 issues](https://github.com/dmelo/you2better/issues)PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 17Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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You2Better
==========

[](#you2better)

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A Web server that provides a easy way to download/stream YouTube audio files.

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

List of software that must be previously installed:

- git
- make
- pandoc
- php
- python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+
- zip

Install
-------

[](#install)

Use the following commands to setup You2Better.

```
git clone https://github.com/dmelo/you2better.git
composer install
cd vendor/rg3/youtube-dl
make
sudo make install
./youtube-dl -U
cd -
cp you2better-conf.php.template you2better-conf.php
php -S 0.0.0.0:8888
```

Try to download an audio:

```
wget http://localhost:8888/?youtubeid=meT2eqgDjiM -O PomplamooseMusic_Beat_it.m4a
```

Docker
------

[](#docker)

You can run the images from Docker Hub [dmelo/you2better](https://hub.docker.com/r/dmelo/you2better/).

```
docker run -p 8888:8888 dmelo/you2better
```

As described on the Install section, download the content using port 8888 of localhost:

```
wget http://localhost:8888/?youtubeid=meT2eqgDjiM -O PomplamooseMusic_Beat_it.m4a
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~34 days

Recently: every ~72 days

Total

26

Last Release

3502d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05ab8aebb8755f73e27f31b70bc7b64536abec420fdcf30f3f7c6bc3c45ee639?d=identicon)[dmelo](/maintainers/dmelo)

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Top Contributors

[![dmelo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89710?v=4)](https://github.com/dmelo "dmelo (95 commits)")

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