Free · No account · Runs on your machine

YouTube → 1080p MP4 → Downloads

Paste a YouTube URL. Labs YT Clip downloads and converts it to a 1080p MP4 (or the best stream ≤1080p when 1080p isn't offered) and writes the file into your Downloads folder. Use it as a terminal app or in your browser with the bundled local web app — same rules, same pipeline.

Choose your path How the web app works

macOS (Apple silicon & Intel) · Windows · Linux. Ships pinned yt-dlp + ffmpeg; prefers copies already on your PATH.

Labs YT Clip in a terminal: the banner, resolved yt-dlp and ffmpeg, a pasted YouTube URL, a full cyan progress bar, then “saved 1080p MP4” with the file path and file:// link.

Two ways to use it

Choose your path

Both options run on your machine, use the same download pipeline, and keep files in your Downloads folder.

CLI path

Fast, scriptable, and ideal for terminal workflows, automation, and keyboard-first use.

Install the CLI

Web app path

A responsive browser interface with live progress, a Getting Started guide, and an in-app updater.

Install the web app

Looking for the web app? It runs locally — on purpose.

There is nothing to use on this page itself. The web version, labs-ytclip-web, is a small program you install alongside the CLI. Run it and it opens http://127.0.0.1:7431/ in your default browser — a responsive UI with live progress, the Getting Started guide, and an in-app Update available → Install & restart banner.

Your files stay yours. Downloads land in your Downloads folder — nothing is uploaded to or stored on a server.
No shared infrastructure. A hosted downloader would need to run yt-dlp/ffmpeg for everyone and stream large video files through a third party. Labs YT Clip doesn't.
Same safety rules as the CLI. YouTube hosts only, tools invoked as argv (never a shell), writes only under Downloads, loopback-only server.

labs-ytclip-web              # opens http://127.0.0.1:7431/
labs-ytclip-web --no-open    # print the URL only
labs-ytclip-web --version    # app + yt-dlp + ffmpeg versions

Install in one line

The installer includes both paths plus pinned yt-dlp + ffmpeg. Choose which app to run after installation.

macOS & Linux

curl -fsSL https://releases.myevent-labs.io/labs-ytclip/install.sh | sh

Then run labs-ytclip for the CLI or labs-ytclip-web for the browser app.

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://releases.myevent-labs.io/labs-ytclip/install.ps1 | iex

Then run labs-ytclip for the CLI or labs-ytclip-web for the browser app.

Prefer to inspect first? Read install.sh / install.ps1, or grab an archive from GitHub Releases. Later: labs-ytclip --update.

Progress you can see

A horizontal % bar, realtime rate and phase (download → merge → convert), parsed live from yt-dlp — in the terminal and in the web app.

Help in the app

Press F1 or ? for the Getting Started guide, bundled-tool notes, keys and safety rules. Also --getting-started.

Stays current

--check-update / --update pull the verified latest cut, refreshing yt-dlp and ffmpeg too. The web app shows an update banner.

Open source

MIT-licensed Rust. Redistributed sidecars keep their own terms — see NOTICE.