youtube-jedi

Download YouTube videos and playlists straight from your terminal — pick a quality, pull audio-only, or grab a whole playlist in one command.

Quick start

npm i -g youtube-jedi
jedi video <video-url>

That's it — you'll be prompted for a quality, and the download starts.

Features

• Single videos or full playlists, one command either way
• Preview details (title, views, upload date, video count) before committing to a download
• Pick an exact resolution, or get prompted interactively
• Audio-only extraction with automatic mp3 conversion — ffmpeg is bundled, nothing else to install

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or later

Installation

npm i -g youtube-jedi

yarn global add youtube-jedi

Usage

• Preview before downloading

  jedi video --info <video-url>
  jedi playlist --info <playlist-url>

• Download

  jedi video <video-url>
  jedi playlist <playlist-url>

• Download at a specific quality

  jedi video --quality=<quality> <video-url>
  jedi playlist --quality=<quality> <playlist-url>

• Audio only

  jedi video --audioonly <video-url>
  jedi playlist --audioonly <playlist-url>

• Help & version (standalone, no url needed)

  jedi --help
  jedi --version

Options

| Option | Alias | Use | Syntax | | ---- | ------- | ---- | ---- | | --info | -i | Preview video/playlist details | jedi [video/playlist] --info <url> | | --quality | -q | Download at a specific resolution | jedi [video/playlist] --quality=<quality> <url> | | --audioonly | -ao | Download audio only, converted to mp3 | jedi [video/playlist] --audioonly <url> | | --help | -h | Show usage help | jedi --help | | --version | -v | Show installed version | jedi --version |

Issues & Contributing

Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue. PRs are welcome.

License

MIT

Author

Pranav Rustagi