# ytmdl

A terminal UI for downloading audio from YouTube / YouTube Music video, playlist, and
album URLs.

The primary implementation is now **C + ncurses**, in [`c/`](c/) — see
[`c/README.md`](c/README.md) for build/run instructions, requirements, and keybindings.

```bash
./start.sh
```

builds (if needed) and runs it.

## Earlier Python version

This project started as a Python + [Textual](https://github.com/Textualize/textual)
implementation; it's kept in place (unchanged, still functional) rather than deleted.
See [`README-python.md`](README-python.md) for its docs, and run it with
`./start-python.sh`. Both versions shell out to
[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) for the actual extraction/downloading and
share the same feature set (URL/playlist queue, concurrent downloads, folder picker,
per-playlist subfolders, embedded thumbnail/metadata).