EarlDL

One-command, cross-platform wrapper around yt-dlp that always downloads

EarlDL is a simple, opinionated command-line tool that downloads:

• 🎥 Best available video (up to 4K if available)
• 🎵 Best available audio as MP3
• 📝 Video descriptions and subtitles
• 📁 Clean, human-readable folder structure

Built on top of yt-dlp, wrapped so you never have to remember flags again.

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Prerequisites

Before installing EarlDL, ensure the following are installed:

• Homebrew (macOS package manager)
  Install if you don’t have it:

  /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  
  ## yt-dlp
  brew install yt-dlp
  
  ## ffmpeg
  brew install ffmpeg
  

Features

•	One command, one paste
•	Always produces two files:
•	Video file
•	MP3 file
•	Automatic folder naming:
•	Channel name
•	Upload date
•	Video title
•	Playlist support
•	Resume support
•	Metadata + thumbnails embedded
•	macOS folder picker

Installation of EarlDL

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thehappyitguy/earldl/main/install.sh | bash
chmod +x install.sh