yt-dlp Manager

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A powerful web-based download manager for YouTube, Vimeo, and thousands of other video sites

Features • Installation • Quick Start • How to Use • Docker • Configuration

✨ Features

• 👥 Multi-User Support - Create accounts for family or team members with isolated data folders
• 📁 Organized Downloads - Organize downloads by folders with custom configurations
• 📅 Scheduled Downloads - Set up automatic download schedules using cron expressions
• 🔴 Real-time Progress - Watch download progress live in your browser via SSE streaming
• 🔄 Automatic Retries - Handles connection issues gracefully
• 📝 Subtitle Support - Download subtitles in multiple languages
• 📸 Metadata - Saves video info, thumbnails, and descriptions
• 🍪 Cookie Support - Upload cookies for restricted content
• 🔗 Deduplication - Global storage with symlinks to avoid re-downloading
• ⚙️ Server Manager - Admin panel for system status, user management, and logs

📦 Installation

Docker (Recommended)

Docker Compose

services:
  yt-dlp-manager:
    image: mbnoimi/yt-dlp-manager:latest
    container_name: yt-dlp-manager
    ports:
      - "4000:4000"
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data
      - ./logs:/app/backend/logs
    environment:
      - BACKEND_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-change-in-production
      - ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
      - ADMIN_PASSWORD=pass
    restart: unless-stopped

Then

docker-compose up -d

Direct Command

docker run -d \
  --name yt-dlp-manager \
  -p 4000:4000 \
  -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data \
  -v $(pwd)/logs:/app/backend/logs \
  -e BACKEND_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-change-in-production \
  -e ADMIN_USERNAME=admin \
  -e ADMIN_PASSWORD=pass \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  mbnoimi/yt-dlp-manager:latest

The image is automatically pulled from Docker Hub.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Open http://localhost:4000
2. Login with default credentials:
   • Username: admin
   • Password: pass
3. Create a datasource and start downloading!

📖 How to Use

1. Create a Datasource

A datasource combines your download settings with the URLs you want to download.

1. Click + New in the Datasources section
2. Enter a name (e.g., "YouTube Music")

2. Add URLs

In the URLs tab:

• Add YouTube channels, playlists, or single videos
• Organize into folders

3. Configure Options

In the Config tab:

• Choose video quality (720p, 1080p, 4K, etc.)
• Set output filename format
• Enable subtitles
• Add cookies for restricted content

4. Download

Click the Download button and watch progress in real-time!

5. Manage Files

Browse, rename, or delete downloaded files in the Files tab.

🍪 Cookies

Some videos require YouTube login. To download them:

1. Export cookies from your browser (use a "Get cookies.txt" browser extension)
2. In your datasource, click the gear icon → Upload cookies
3. Save your config

📅 Scheduler

Schedule downloads to run automatically:

1. Go to the Scheduler tab
2. Create a new task
3. Set when to run (e.g., 0 2 * * * = every day at 2 AM)
4. Choose which datasource to download

Cron Examples

🖥️ Admin

The admin can:

• Create and manage user accounts
• View all downloads across users
• Monitor server status (CPU, memory, disk)
• Upgrade yt-dlp to latest version
• Configure server settings
• Browse server files
• View backend logs

🐳 Docker

Quick Start

# Pull and run from Docker Hub
docker-compose up -d

The application is available at http://localhost:4000

Image

Environment Variables

🛠️ Technology Stack

Backend

• Framework: FastAPI - Modern Python web framework
• Database: SQLite with SQLAlchemy ORM
• Download Engine: yt-dlp - YouTube downloader
• Auth: JWT-based multi-user authentication
• Server: Uvicorn ASGI server

Frontend

• Framework: Svelte 5 - Cybernetically enhanced web apps
• Build Tool: Vite - Next generation frontend tooling
• Styling: Tailwind CSS 4 - Utility-first CSS
• UI Components: Skeleton UI - Svelte component library

📂 Project Structure

yt-dlp Manager/
├── src/
│   ├── backend/              # FastAPI application
│   │   ├── api/v1/          # API endpoints
│   │   ├── core/            # Config, security, deps
│   │   ├── db/              # Database models & sync
│   │   ├── services/        # Downloader, scheduler
│   │   └── main.py          # Entry point
│   │
│   ├── frontend/             # Svelte SPA
│   │   ├── src/
│   │   │   ├── lib/         # Components, pages, stores
│   │   │   ├── App.svelte   # Root component
│   │   │   └── main.ts      # Entry point
│   │   └── package.json
│   │
│   └── data/                # User data
│       └── <username>/
│           ├── downloads/   # Downloaded files
│           ├── configs/     # Config JSON files
│           └── urls/       # URL JSON files
│
├── docker-compose.yml        # Docker deployment
└── .env                    # Configuration

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests
5. Commit your changes
6. Push to the branch
7. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• yt-dlp - The amazing download engine
• FastAPI - The powerful Python framework
• Svelte - The wonderful UI framework
• Skeleton UI - Beautiful Svelte components
• All contributors who help improve this project

Made with ❤️ by a Syrian developer who believes in freedom for Palestine, Ukraine, Syria, and any nation standing against tyrants

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