Warning:

• This app is incomplete but is basically usable
• This app is only for *nix systems

Changes made in this commit

• Playlist support
• Adaptive config files (e.g. auto update config files while preserving the original options)

Installation

Requirements: Git, Cargo and the Rust Compiler

Executable size: ~12.5MB

```bash

Install from crates.io (might not be as up-to-date as the one on GitHub)

cargo install youtube-tui ```

```bash

Install from GitHub with cargo install (The binary will be placed in ~/.cargo/bin, and can be called with youtube-tui)

git clone https://github.com/siriusmart/youtube-tui && cd youtube-tui && cargo install --path . && cd .. && rm -rf youtube-tui ```

Features

• View the Trending and Popular tab of YouTube
• View your Watch history
• Download videos and audio
• Watch videos and audio
• Video and playlist support

Movement

• Use the arrow keys to move around the screen
• Press enter to select an item
• When item is selected all your keys will be passed into it
• Press escape to exit the item
• Press q to quit the program

Layout

• Each divided area is one item
• Red shows the item your currently on
• Blue shows the selected item
• Yellow shows an item in a special state

Storage

• Cache is stored in ~/.cache/youtube-tui, it is cleared when you quit the program
• Storage is stored in ~/.local/share/youtube-tui
• Config files are stored in ~/.config/youtube-tui

Config files

The config files are located in ~/.config/youtube-tui, run the program once to create the config files. The following are the default config files:

main.yml

```yaml

# The program's main config file

ytdl: # Donwload location for your downloaded videos videopath: ~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s audiopath: ~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s maxwatch_history: 50 # Maximum length of watch history ```

commands.yml

```yaml

# Command arguments to use when launching applications

videoplayer: command: mpv openinconsole: false args: - "--no-terminal" - "{url}" audioplayer: command: mpv openinconsole: true args: - "--no-video" - "{url}" imageviewer: command: mpv openinconsole: false args: - "{url}" - "--no-terminal" videodownloader: command: yt-dlp openinconsole: true args: - "{url}" - "-o" - "{videosavelocation}" audiodownloader: command: yt-dlp openinconsole: true args: - "{url}" - "-o" - "{audiosavelocation}" - "-x" terminal: command: konsole openinconsole: false args: - "-e" - "{command}" playlistaudioall: command: mpv openinconsole: true args: - "--no-video" - "{url}" playlistvideoall: command: mpv openinconsole: false args: - "{url}" - "--no-terminal" playlistshuffleaudioall: command: mpv openinconsole: true args: - "--no-video" - "{url}" - "--shuffle" downloadallaudio: command: yt-dlp openinconsole: true args: - "{url}" - "-o" - "{audiosavelocation}" - "-x" downloadallvideo: command: yt-dlp openinconsole: true args: - "{url}" - "-o" - "{videosavelocation}" ```

To Do

• Channel support
• Update notice (e.g. when a new version is released on GitHub or crates.io, can be disabled in the config file)
• Keybind options (e.g. change the keybinds in the config file)

Bugs

• If there is a bug please open a GitHub issue thx :)