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

MermaYT Downloads โ€” light mode

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.