Minimalist wrapper for yt-dlp

Download any YouTube video,
straight to your Mac.

A clean desktop app that saves videos in MP4 or audio in MP3. No ads, no watermarks, no limits.

YT Downloader
YouTube URL
https://youtube.com/watch?v=…
Save to
~/Downloads
Browse
Format
MP4 · H.264 Video ▾
MP3 · Audio only
Download
⏳ Starting download…
[download] 100% of 87.3MiB
[Merger] Merging into "video.mp4"

✅ Download complete.

Get started in seconds

Download directly or build from source

1

Download the DMG

Download for Mac
2

Install

Double-click the downloaded file, then drag YTDownloader into your Applications folder.

3

Allow the app to run

Because the app isn't notarized, macOS will block it on first launch. Run this once in Terminal:

xattr -cr /Applications/YTDownloader.app && codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/YTDownloader.app
4

Ready to go

Open YT Downloader from Applications. Paste any YouTube URL, pick a format, hit Download.

1

Open Terminal

Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, hit Enter.

2

Run the install script

Paste this into Terminal and hit Enter. It downloads the source, compiles it, and installs the app automatically.

curl -fsSL https://ytdownloader-minimal.vercel.app/build.sh | bash

Requires Xcode Command Line Tools. If not installed, the script will prompt you automatically.

3

Ready to go

The app opens automatically when done. Copy any YouTube URL, paste it in, pick a format, hit Download.