Native-Youtube
Personal App that turned into “alpha released app”
Requirements:
- MacOS 12.0 or above
- A working google account
Usage
Download the universal binary from the releases tab.
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Open the app It’s a menu bar app
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Click on the gear icon > paste your api key, you’re done.
FAQ:
Where’s the non menu bar version that worked on BigSur?
It’s in the Mubbii branch
It is no longer being maintained however there are forks of the “Mubbii” which are being maintained.
Note: The codebase for Mubbii is very bad as it was hacked together in couple hours
Why drop support for Mubbii?
Mubbii required mpv and youtube-dl to be installed. This is a standalone app. Internals have been reworked from the ground up for new macOS version.
How do I Get a YouTube API Key?
- Log in to Google Developers Console, Here’s The Official Documentation follow step 2 and 3
- Create a new project.
- On the new project dashboard, click Explore & Enable APIs.
- In the library, navigate to YouTube Data API v3 under YouTube APIs.
- Enable the API.
- Create a credential.
- A screen will appear with the API key.
Here’s a video link for old version of app, process of api key retrival is similar
