⬢github TypeScript · 3.6K ★ +1K since we first saw it · pushed 77 d ago · MIT
pablostanley/yoinks
yoink any video from your terminal. no shady ads.
yoinks is a terminal-based video downloader: paste a URL and pick a resolution or audio-only mp3. It supports YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and 1,800+ sites, wrapping yt-dlp (auto-fetched, no Python needed) and ffmpeg in a full-screen interactive UI built with Ink (React for the terminal). Files save to ~/Downloads. Install via npm or run with npx.
Why now: It's a newly published npm package gaining quick traction (2.5k+ stars within a day), positioning itself as an ad-free alternative to sketchy downloader websites.
Who it is for: Developers and terminal users who want quick, clutter-free video or mp3 downloads without browser-based downloader sites.
Stars over our 163 snapshots: 2.6K to 3.6K, since 1 d ago.
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