Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

      • nicerdicer@feddit.org
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        2 months ago

        Warning, I might be wrong:

        yt-dlp seems to be operated with command lines, whereas cobalt is a user interface in an opened browser tab. You paste the link of the desired video or audio source into a search bar and you can toggle different settings (bitrate, file format, video output size etc.). The desired file will be appearing as a download into your download folder.

        • Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works
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          2 months ago

          Ooh nice - if it is indeed a UI it would be perfect for my grand-aunt. We went through many such alternatives, but all stopped working after a while

          • nicerdicer@feddit.org
            1·
            2 months ago

            You might be lucky: there is a gui availiable for yt-dlp on GitHub. I just looked it up. The descripition reads:

            Graphical interface for the command line tool yt-dlp, which allows users to download videos from various websites, including YouTube. It is designed to be more user-friendly and accessible for those who are not comfortable using the command line.

            Link: https://github.com/dsymbol/yt-dlp-gui

            Edit/addition:

            There are online services availiable (for instance https://yt5s.com/en173) that basically do the same as Cobalt.tools. I assume that they don’t put any emphasis on privacy tho.