Fully open source desktop app for downloading audio (MP3 or WebM) with ease. Perfect for personal use by musicians, beatmakers, or hobbyists who want to download free-to-use YouTube beats for practice, remixing, or sampling without going to sketchy website tools.

• 🎧 Download high-quality audio from YouTube videos
• 🎵 Choose format: MP3 (with conversion) or WebM (original audio)
• 📁 Set and remember your download folder across sessions
• 📊 Download progress bar for real-time feedback
• 💾 Locally stores preferences (no cloud dependencies)
• 💡 Simple, clean, and dark-themed interface
• ✅ Fully self-contained .exe build (no Python or FFmpeg install required)

https://github.com/Refloow/YouTube-Music-Download/releases

On the server anyone can feel free to ask questions, engage in the comunity and discover other free open source software i build https://discord.gg/4enDY8yhuS

This app is not a breakthrough tool, nor does it use any advanced techniques, YouTube APIs, or backend scraping.
It's simply a clean, user-friendly wrapper for:

• yt-dlp – For downloading audio streams
• ffmpeg – For optional MP3 conversion

The app provides a lightweight GUI over existing, open-source command-line tools.
No hidden logic. No data collection. No manipulation of YouTube systems.

1. Node.js v20.10.0 https://nodejs.org/en/download
2. Python v3.11 https://www.python.org/downloads/

(i provided versions so exact environment as development can be reproduced)

git clone https://github.com/Refloow/youtube-music-download.git
cd youtube-music-download

npm install

Create a bin/ folder and place the following files inside:

• Download from: ffmpeg-n7.1-latest-win64-gpl-7.1.zip
• Extract bin/ffmpeg.exe and copy it into your project's bin/ folder

• Download from: yt-dlp.exe
• Place it inside the bin/ folder

npm start

npm run dist

The final .exe and portable version will be in the /dist folder.

• Uses electron-builder for cross-platform packaging
• extraResources includes yt-dlp.exe and ffmpeg.exe
• Settings are stored in Electron's app.getPath('userData')

This application is provided for personal and educational use only. I built it to practice coding skills, electron framework app creation and working with audio files.

Downloading videos from YouTube or any other platform may violate their Terms of Service. It is the user's responsibility to ensure they are authorized to download and use any content.

The developer of this app does not condone piracy or copyright infringement and takes no responsibility for how this tool is used.

MIT License

Veljko Vuckovic
MIT Licensed — open to contributions, forks, or improvements!

Happy downloading 🎧