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yewtube for Mac

Terminal based YouTube player and downloader

Quick answer: yewtube is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install yewtube. It is distributed under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence. It has 113 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What yewtube is

yewtube is a terminal emulator for macOS: terminal based YouTube player and downloader.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube.

How to install yewtube

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install yewtube.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install yewtube on Mac?

Run brew install yewtube in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is yewtube open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.

Does yewtube run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is yewtube?

It was installed 113 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3263 in this catalogue.

What version of yewtube is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.13.1.