youtube-dl-ios (Megabits fork)

youtube-dl for iOS, with Pythonista

Download a video (or its audio track) by copy the URl to Pythonista.

This script passes the URL to youtube-dl to do the actual download. After the download completes, the file is opened in a QuickLook window where it may be saved to camera roll.

This fork is using yt-dlp for a better experience.

Install

1. Install Pythonista

2. In Pythonista, install StaSH

3. In a StaSH console, install yt-dlp:

   pip install yt-dlp
   

4. and clone this repository (note: git is only available if StaSH is run in Python 2):

   git clone https://github.com/megabitsenmzq/youtube-dl-ios
   

Usage

1. Copy a YouTube URL.
2. Run the script.
3. Select a format to download. To save to camera roll, select an AVC format.
4. Tap on the share button to save the file.