Nekoload

A clean, minimal YouTube downloader for Windows (Electron + yt-dlp + ffmpeg).

Requirements

• Node.js (v18+)
• yt-dlp – Download and place yt-dlp.exe in the app folder or ensure it’s in your PATH
• ffmpeg – Required by yt-dlp for merging video+audio. Install and add to PATH, or place in the same folder as the app

Setup

cd Nekoload
npm install

Run

npm start

Build (optional)

npm run dist

Output is in the dist folder. The Tools folder (yt-dlp, ffmpeg) is included in the build as resources/tools. When packaged, the default download directory is the folder containing the executable. To have notifications show "Nekoload" instead of "Electron", see NEKOLOAD_NOTIFICATION.txt.

Usage

1. Paste a YouTube URL in the input field.
2. Click Audio for best audio only, or Video for best video + audio (merged with ffmpeg).