delphium

a simple, lightweight web client for yt-dlp that can be easily selfhosted.

• sample instance: https://delphium.jesus.fish

features

• entirely php-based, no javascript necessary
• private: no ads, no popups, just download in one click. i don't even know your IP address or any identifying information
• lightweight: can be ran on pretty much any device

installation

requirements

ensure you have a version of php (tested on 7.4 and higher), yt-dlp installed globally and in your bin,

initial setup

• cd to your /var/www/ or whatever your web directory is and clone the repository.

composer

• install composer in your current directory by doing the following:

• php composer-setup.php --install-dir=bin --filename=composer

• install norkunas' php wrapper for yt-dlp

• if you did not install composer globally, run the following:

• php composer.phar require norkunas/youtube-dl-php:dev-master

• otherwise, run:

• composer require norkunas/youtube-dl-php:dev-master

final steps

• create a directory called "dls" and change ownership of the "dls" directory to your web server's user
• assuming you're a nginx user like me, the user will be www-data.
• delphium should now be running!

optional steps

• delphium saves downloaded videos to the server in order for the user to be able to download it. to save storage, you'll want to setup a crontab operation to auto-delete files older than an X amount of time.
• on my server, i use the following:
• 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/www/delphium/dls -name "*" -type f -mtime +1 -exec rm -f {} ;
• the former deletes files older than a day at 12AM each day.