Paste a link. Keep the video.

yt-dlp in a full-screen terminal UI. 1,800+ sites, mp4 or audio-only mp3, straight to your ~/Downloads folder.

install

$npx yoinks▮

Or npm install -g yoinks to keep it. Node 18+ is the only prerequisite — yt-dlp is fetched to ~/.yoinks/bin on first run (no Python), and ffmpeg falls back to a bundled binary.

youtube · x · instagram · threads · tiktok · +1800 more

Home. It takes over the terminal, then restores your scrollback on exit.

paste. yoink. done.

No popups, no fake download buttons, no sketchy redirects — and nothing to unlearn. Three moves, and the second one is picking a number.

paste

Run yoinks and paste a url, or pass one straight in: yoinks https://youtu.be/… jumps directly to the picker.
yoink

Resolutions arrive with estimated file sizes attached. Choose one — or take the audio-only mp3 — with the arrow keys, j/k, a number key, or the mouse.
done

The file lands in ~/Downloads and the full path prints to your terminal, ready to open or pipe onward.

The yoinks format picker: the resolved video title and source on the left, and a framed “Download” list on the right showing 2160p through 144p as mp4 with estimated sizes, plus an audio-only mp3 row.

The picker.

An estimated size sits on every row, so you decide before you commit — not after 232 MB has already moved.
Audio-only mp3 is the last row of the same list. There is no separate mode to remember.
The footer hints are clickable, and so are the format rows, the yoink button and the logo. It is a TUI that expects a mouse.

↑↓ or jk to move · enter to yoink · esc to go back · ^c to quit · ^t cycles auto, light and dark.

Specs.

What yoinks handles, what it needs, and where each piece comes from.
Sites	1,800+	whatever yt-dlp supports
Video	mp4, to source resolution	streams merged with ffmpeg
Audio	mp3, audio-only	extracted with ffmpeg
Runtime	Node 18+	the only prerequisite
Extractor	yt-dlp	standalone binary → `~/.yoinks/bin`, no Python; yours is used if you have one
Merger	ffmpeg	found on `PATH`, `ffmpeg-static` as fallback
Output	`~/Downloads`	path printed on exit
Interface	Ink	React for the terminal; keyboard and mouse
Themes	auto · light · dark	`^t`, or `--theme` at launch
Licence	MIT	source on GitHub