Download video & music from YouTube right from the terminal.

Volvid is a lightweight yt-dlp + ffmpeg downloader. Paste a link, pick a quality, get the file — no browser, no extra clicks.

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Latest release: v7.4.4  •  Go 1.27+

▍ Paste a YouTube video or playlist URL

youtube.com/watch  ·  youtube.com/playlist  ·  youtu.be

Target

https://youtu.be/...

Download location

/home/volren/Videos/YouTube

Recent session

ok0  failed0

No downloads yet in this session.

[Enter] continue · [Ctrl+G] search · [Ctrl+O] choose folder
[O] open folder

Features

Everything you need for downloads — in one app.

Video, audio & thumbnails

Video, audio tracks and thumbnails — all in one place.

Quality presets

144p to 4K, plus MP3 320k, M4A, Opus and FLAC.

Playlists

Pick videos with Space, select all with A, set ranges with /.

YouTube search

Search YouTube with Ctrl+G without leaving the app.

Dependencies in check

yt-dlp and ffmpeg are checked on start and updated with Ctrl+U.

Cookies & JS runtime

Auto-detects browser cookies and the optional node runtime.

Session summary

Download history with success and failure counters.

Subtitles & dubs

Embeds subtitles and audio tracks into the video, keeping languages.

▍ Choose quality

  • 12160p ~368.6 MB
  • 21440p ~125.3 MB
  • 31080p ~68.9 MB
  • 4720p ~34.9 MB
  • 5480p ~20.0 MB
  • 6360p ~12.7 MB
  • 7240p ~8.6 MB
  • 8144p ~6.5 MB

[↑/↓] move · [1-9] choose · [Enter] continue · [Esc] back

SIMPLE AND FAST

Everything under control. And nothing extra.

Every step on one screen: link, quality, download. No windows, no tabs, no switching.

  • Full keyboard control
  • One lightweight binary, no install
  • Clean minimalist TUI

Formats: MP4H264H265VP9AV1MKVMP3M4AOpusFLAC