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mediadl-cli

v0.1.6

Published

download any video from YouTube, Spotify, X, Instagram, Threads & 1800+ sites — right from your terminal.

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Maintainers

kevlarclintkevlarclint

Keywords

videodownloaderyt-dlpyoutubeinstagramtwitterthreadsclituiink

Readme

Download videos from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X/Twitter, Threads and 1,800+ other sites. Download songs and playlists from Spotify with full metadata. Paste a link, pick a format, done.

No popups, no fake download buttons, no sketchy redirects.

Install

npm install -g mediadl-cli

Or run without installing:

npx mediadl-cli

Requires Node 18+. yt-dlp, FFmpeg, spotdl, and Deno are installed automatically on first use.

Usage

$ mediadl https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ         # pick a format, download
$ mediadl https://open.spotify.com/track/...     # download a single track
$ mediadl https://open.spotify.com/playlist/...  # download full playlist
$ mediadl https://www.tiktok.com/...             # download a video
$ mediadl                                        # prompts for a link
$ mediadl --theme dark                           # force dark mode

Screenshots

Keyboard Shortcuts

| Key | Action | |-----|--------| | up/down or j/k | Navigate formats | | Enter | Confirm / Download | | Esc | Go back | | Tab | Paste clipboard URL | | Ctrl+T | Cycle theme | | Ctrl+C | Quit |

How It Works

  • YouTube & 1800+ sites — Powered by yt-dlp. Standalone binary downloaded to ~/.mediadl/bin on first run.
  • Spotify — Powered by spotdl. Auto-installed via pip. Also installs Deno for YouTube downloads.
  • FFmpeg — For merging streams and MP3 extraction. Uses system FFmpeg or bundled fallback.
  • UI — Built with Ink (React for the terminal).

Output Locations

| Source | Location | |--------|----------| | YouTube, TikTok, etc. | ~/Downloads/ | | Spotify single track | ~/Downloads/ | | Spotify playlist/album | ~/Downloads/<Playlist Name>/ |

Development

git clone https://github.com/kevlarclint/mediadl-cli.git
cd mediadl
npm install
npm run build        # bundle to dist/
npm run dev          # rebuild on change
npm run test         # run tests
npm run typecheck    # check types

To try it globally: npm link, then run mediadl anywhere.

Credits

Forked from yoinks by Pablo Stanley.

Built with:

License

MIT