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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/sapereaude4 on 2026-03-19 10:07:33+00:00.
So I know there are already a bunch of yt-dlp GUIs out there. I’ve tried most of them. Some are solid but need you to install Python, or download yt-dlp and ffmpeg separately and point the app at them. Some are closed source. Some haven’t been updated in years. Some cost money.
I just wanted one that works out of the box. Download, open, paste URL, go.
So I made ArcDLP. It’s a desktop app (macOS right now, Windows/Linux coming).
yt-dlp and ffmpeg are bundled inside so there’s zero setup. You paste a URL, pick your quality, and download. It handles playlists too, you can select individual items and queue them all at once. If one download fails the rest keep going. There’s also YouTube sign-in for private/age-restricted stuff.
Everything runs locally on your machine. No server, no cloud, no accounts