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michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui
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Desktop GUI wrapper around yt-dlp on PHP with Boson runtime.

1.0.0(1mo ago)10MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

Since May 2Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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yt-dlp-gui
==========

[](#yt-dlp-gui)

[![MIT License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/784362b26e4b3546254f1893e778ba64616e362bd6ac791991d2c9e880a3a64e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4d49542d677265656e2e737667)](LICENSE)[![CI](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui/actions/workflows/ci.yml)[![Latest Release](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/26acfc4cdb1a865be0cbaa77fb8ab4d63dc64716804826f33f5a08df3ed0ff44/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f72656c656173652f6d69636861656c616c65786565767765622f79742d646c702d677569)](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui/releases)[![PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7e838f66c8918c1946b83b74b01ba8ae42988b6a123dd12829c9bbafbb846ec9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f6d69636861656c616c65786565767765622f79742d646c702d677569)](https://packagist.org/packages/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui)

Packagist: [michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui](https://packagist.org/packages/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui
```

Simple macOS desktop GUI for `yt-dlp` built with PHP and Boson.

Download videos from YouTube and other sites using a simple desktop interface.

Currently supports macOS only.

Screenshot
----------

[](#screenshot)

[![yt-dlp GUI macOS application screenshot](resources/example.jpg)](resources/example.jpg)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4+
- `ext-ffi`
- [Boson compiler](https://github.com/boson-php/boson)
- `yt-dlp`, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe` (bundled in portable release)

Releases
--------

[](#releases)

Two builds are available:

- [`YtDlpGui-macos-arm64-desktop.zip`](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui/releases/download/1.0.0/YtDlpGui-macos-arm64-desktop.zip) - Desktop build, requires user-installed tools
- [`YtDlpGui-macos-arm64-portable.zip`](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb/yt-dlp-gui/releases/download/1.0.0/YtDlpGui-macos-arm64-portable.zip) - Portable build, includes `yt-dlp`, `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Download the portable release and run the app.

Build commands (Docker-first):

`release-macos-*` targets run inside `docker compose` by default.

```
make release-macos-portable
make release-macos-desktop
```

Outputs to `dist/release/`.

Work locally (Docker)
---------------------

[](#work-locally-docker)

Build container image:

```
docker compose build php
```

Install dependencies:

```
docker compose run --rm php composer install
```

Run checks:

```
docker compose run --rm php composer check
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

38d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/09ca088fdfe3b6be48755e620884b445563e33347498e381a436a257068e5ff8?d=identicon)[michaelalexeevweb](/maintainers/michaelalexeevweb)

---

Top Contributors

[![michaelalexeevweb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39598000?v=4)](https://github.com/michaelalexeevweb "michaelalexeevweb (7 commits)")

---

Tags

bosondesktop-appguiphpvideo-downloaderyoutube-downloaderyt-dlpyt-dlp-guiphpguidesktopdownloaderyt-dlpboson

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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