PytubePP - (Pytube Post Processor)

A Simple CLI Tool to Download Your Favourite YouTube Videos Effortlessly!

😀 GOOD NEWS: If you are not a power user and don't want to bother remembering PytubePP Commands! (You are not familier with Command Line Tools). We recently released a Browser Extension that can auto detect YouTube Videos and You can download the Video in one click directly from the browser using PytubePP CLI. Install PytubePP Helper app in your System and add PytubePP Extension in your Browser to get started.

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💻 Supported Platforms

• Windows (10 / 11)
• Linux (Debian, Fedora, Arch)
• MacOS
• Android (Termux)

🏷️ Features

• Auto Post-Process & Merge YouTube DASH Streams
• Supports upto 8K 60fps HDR Stream Download
• Supports MP3 Download (with Embeded Thumbnail and Tags)
• Supports Embeded Captions
• Smart Stream Selection
• Highly Configurable and Many More 😉

📎 Pre-Requirements

• Python (>=3.8)
• FFmpeg
• Node.js (required for auto YT poToken genration which is currently not possible in Python environment)

🧩 Python Dependencies

• pytubefix
• ffmpy
• mutagen
• tabulate
• tqdm
• appdirs
• requests
• setuptools

🛠️ Installation

1. Install Python and PIP
   • Linux (Debian): Python is pre-installed install PIP using sudo apt install python3-pip
     
   • Linux (Fedora): Python is pre-installed install PIP using sudo dnf install python3-pip
     
   • Linux (Arch): Python is pre-installed install PIP using sudo pacman -S python-pip
     
   • Windows (10/11): winget install Python.Python.3.13
     
   • MacOS (using Homebrew): brew install python
     
   • Android (using Termux): pkg install python

You can skip step 2, 3 and auto install them later using the command pytubepp --postinstall post installation (works in: Windows, Linux - debian fedora arch, MacOS)

2. Install FFmpeg
   • Linux (Debian): sudo apt install ffmpeg
     
   • Linux (Fedora) (enable rpmfusion free+nonfree repos before installing): sudo dnf install ffmpeg
     
   • Linux (Arch): sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
     
   • Windows (10/11): winget install ffmpeg
     
   • MacOS (using Homebrew): brew install ffmpeg
     
   • Android (using Termux): pkg install ffmpeg
3. Install Node.js
   • Linux (Debian): sudo apt install nodejs
     
   • Linux (Fedora): sudo dnf install nodejs
     
   • Linux (Arch): sudo pacman -S nodejs-lts-iron npm
     
   • Windows (10/11): winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS
     
   • MacOS (using Homebrew): brew install node
     
   • Android (using Termux): pkg install nodejs
4. Install PytubePP (using PIP)

Use pip3 command instead of pip if you are on Linux or MacOS.

Use --break-system-packages flag to install 'PytubePP' in global environment if you get error: externally-managed-environment while installing in Linux or MacOS (Don't worry it will not break your system packages, it's just a security mesure)

pip install pytubepp

UPDATE: Always make sure 'PytubePP' and 'Pytubefix' is on the latest version to avoid issues (update them at least once a week) (Use the command below to update)

pip install pytubefix pytubepp --upgrade

UNINSTALL: If you want to uninstall PytubePP (Use the command below to uninstall) NOTE: it will only remove the 'PytubePP' python package

pip uninstall pytubepp -y

📌 Commands and Flags

Using PytubePP is as simple as just supplying it only the YouTube video url as argument!

Before starting please NOTE: PytubePP follows a simple principle -> Use Default Configuration if No Flags are Passed

• To download a video in default configuration (maximum resolution and without any caption by default) the command will look like:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo"

NOTE: This command will behave differently if you have changed default configurations

• To download the video in a specific resolution (suppose 480p) the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -s 480p

NOTE: PytubePP always uses default configuration of flags if they are not passed for example if you only pass -s flag then it will use the default caption along with it, if you only pass -c then it will use default stream and vice versa

• To download the video with embeded caption (suppose en - English) the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -c en

NOTE: You can override and disable default caption for the current video if you pass -c none

• To download the video in audio-only MP3 format the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -s mp3

• To fetch the video information the command will be:

pytubepp "https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lAe1cqCOXo" -i

• To cancel/stop an ongoing download press CTRL + C on keyboard (it is recommended to run the -ct flag once after canceling an ongoing download).
• List of all available flags are given below:

Short Flag	Flag	Usage	Requires Parameter	Requires URL	Parameters	Default
-s	--stream	Choose preferred download stream	YES	YES	144 144p 240 240p 360 360p 480 480p 720 720p hd 1080 1080p fhd 1440 1440p 2k 2160 2160p 4k 4320 4320p 8k mp3 (Pass any one of them)	Your chosen Default Stream via -ds flag
-c	--caption	Choose preferred caption	YES	YES	All ISO 639-1 Language Codes + auto generated ones + none for No Caption (Pass any one of them) eg: en for English	Your chosen Default Caption via -dc flag
-i	--show-info	Shows the video information like: Title, Author, Views, Publication Date, Duration, Available Download Streams and Captions	NO	YES	No parameters	No default
-ls	--list-stream	Lists all available streams (video, audio, caption) (only for debuging purposes)	NO	YES	No parameters	No default
-ri	--raw-info	Shows the video information in raw json format	NO	YES	No parameters	No default
-jp	--json-prettify	Shows raw json output in prettified view (with indentation: 4) (primarily used with -ri flag)	NO	YES	No parameters	No default
-ds	--default-stream	Set default download stream	YES	NO	144p 240p 360p 480p 720p 1080p 1440p 2160p 4320p mp3 max (Pass any one of them)	max
-dc	--default-caption	Set default caption	YES	NO	All ISO 639-1 Language Codes + auto generated ones + none for No Caption (Pass any one of them) eg: en for English	none
-df	--download-folder	Set custom download folder path	YES	NO	Use the full path excluding the last trailing slash within double quotes eg(in Linux): "/path/to/folder" (Make sure the folder path you enterted is already created and accessable)	Within PytubePP Downloads folder in your System's Downloads folder
-r	--reset-default	Reset to default configuration (Download Folder, Default Stream)	NO	NO	No parameters	No default
-sc	--show-config	Show all current user configurations	NO	NO	No parameters	No default
-ct	--clear-temp	Clear temporary files (audio, video, thumbnail) of the failed, incomplete downloads	NO	NO	No parameters	No default
-pi	--postinstall	Auto install all external dependencies (FFmpeg, Node.js) (in Windows, Linux - debian fedora arch, MacOS)	NO	NO	No parameters	No default

🛠️ Contributing / Building from Source

Want to be part of this? Feel free to contribute...!! Pull Requests are always welcome...!! (^_^) Follow these simple steps to start building:

• Make sure to install Python, FFmpeg, Node.js and Git before proceeding.

1. Fork this repo in your github account.
2. Git clone the forked repo in your local machine.

Use python3 and pip3 commands instead of python and pip if you are on Linux or MacOS.

3. Install python dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. build, install and test the module

python -m build                                        // build the module

pip install .\dist\pytubepp-<version>-py3-none-any.whl   // install the module (give the path to the newly genrated whl file based on your OS path style and don't forget to replace the <version> with the actual version number)

5. Do the changes, Send a Pull Request with proper Description (NOTE: Pull Requests Without Proper Description will be Rejected)

⭕ Noticed any Bugs? or Want to give me some suggetions? always feel free to open an issue...!!

📝 License & Usage

PytubePP - (Pytube Post Processor) is a Fully Open Sourced Project licensed under MIT License. Anyone can view, modify, use (personal and commercial) or distribute it's sources without any attribution and extra permissions.

⚖️ NOTE: YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. Downloading and using Copyrighted YouTube Content for Commercial pourposes are not allowed by YouTube Terms without proper Permissions from the Creator. We don't promote this kinds of activity, You should use the downloaded contents wisely and at your own responsibility.

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An Open Sourced Project - Developed with ❤️ by Subhamoy