youtube.cli (Rust rewrite)

Terminal YouTube TUI written in Rust + ratatui. Features:

• Search videos from the terminal
• Browse results list
• Play videos as color ASCII frames with audio

Dependencies

You need these external tools installed:

• yt-dlp
• ffmpeg (includes ffprobe and ffplay)

Run

cargo run

Controls

Search screen:

• Type to enter query
• Enter to search
• q to quit

Results screen:

• Up/Down to move
• Enter to play
• s to search again
• q to quit

Player:

• q or Esc to stop playback

Notes

• Videos are downloaded to /tmp/youtube_cli and reused.
• Playback is color ASCII rendered in the terminal with a time/progress bar.

License

MIT