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pablostanley/yoinks: yoink any video from your terminal. no shady ads. ·

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Download videos from YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and 1,800+ other sites — right from your terminal. Paste a url, pick a resolution (or audio-only mp3), done. No popups, no fake download buttons, no sketchy redirects. Or try it without installing anything: Requires Node 18+. Everything else (yt-dlp, ffmpeg) is fetched or bundled automatically. yoinks takes over the terminal (full-screen, centered — and restores your scrollback on exit). Pick a format with ↑/↓ (or j/k, or number keys) and hit enter. esc goes back, ^c quits. Or just use the mouse — the yoink button, the format list and the footer hints are all clickable, and clicking the logo takes you back home. Files are saved to ~/Downloads, and the file path is printed to your terminal when you're done. The default auto theme uses your terminal's own foreground and background, so it follows light and dark terminal themes without guessing. Press ^t or click the theme control in the footer to cycle through auto, light

yoink any video. paste. yoink. done. Download videos from YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and 1,800+ other sites — right from your terminal. Paste a url, pick a resolution (or audio-only mp3), done. No popups, no fake download buttons, no sketchy redirects. Install npm install -g yoinks Or try it without installing anything: npx yoinks Requires Node 18+. Everything else (yt-dlp, ffmpeg) is fetched or bundled automatically. Usage $ yoinks https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ # straight to the format picker $ yoinks # prompts for a url $ yoinks --theme light # force the light…

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