MermaYT
July 24, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
A Windows GUI wrapper for the yt-dlp command-line tool.
About
MermaYT provides a simple graphical interface for downloading audio and video from YouTube via yt-dlp.
Screenshots

Features
- Download YouTube videos and audio
- Supports MP3 and MP4
- Light, dark, and system theme support
- When downloading audio, ffmpeg is used to convert downloaded video to MP3
Requirements
- Windows 10 or later
Tech Stack
- UI: WinUI 3
- Framework: .NET 10
Build
Publish portable release (x64)
dotnet publish src/MermaYT.WinUi/MermaYT.WinUi.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained /p:Platform=x64 /p:WindowsPackageType=None /p:WindowsAppSDKSelfContained=true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:DebugType=None /p:DebugSymbols=false
Output files will be in src/MermaYT.WinUi/bin/x64/Release/net10.0-windows10.0.19041.0/win-x64/publish.