GoDown

About the Project

GoDown is a lightweight, concurrent desktop application designed to download large playlists from various platforms and convert them into high-quality MP3 files with fully embedded metadata.

Built as a personal project using the Wails v2 framework and Svelte, the application provides a fast, responsive user interface wrapped around highly optimized multi-threaded downloads. It functions as a streamlined, concurrent wrapper for yt-dlp and FFmpeg, allowing users to manage simultaneous workers, customize download paths, and handle automated query retries seamlessly.

Sample

Installation

Core Dependencies

• nodejs
• golang
• ffmpeg
• ytdlp

Project Dependencies

git clone https://github.com/harpoonwithaz/GoDown.git
cd GoDown
go mod download
go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest
go get github.com/gocolly/colly
go mod tidy

Linux Webkit

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y pkg-config libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev

Building & Running

Windows

wails dev

Linux

wails dev -tags webkit2_41

Config

Name	Description	Default
download_path	Absolute path to where the files will be downloaded	default
workers	How many downloads will happen simultaneously	3 (Recommended: 3, Max: 5)
retries	Amount of retries with new query and length mismatch error	3
debug_mode	Prints yt-dlp output to console	false

Future features

• Thumbnail embeding
• Metadata embeding
• BPM embeding
• Download Progress bar
• Other platforms

Current limitaions

• Spotify limited to 100 songs per playlist
• Can't download indiviudal songs