Features

Fifu is optimized for fast, repeatable YouTube downloads without leaving the terminal.

Core capabilities

• Channel search with popularity sorting
• Direct playlist downloads by URL
• Quality presets for best, 1080p, 720p, 480p, and audio-only
• Subtitle download and embedding
• Concurrent downloads with live progress
• Automatic duplicate skipping based on title
• Favorites and recent history for quick re-entry

What makes it fast

• Metadata fetch runs asynchronously
• Downloads run in parallel (up to three at a time)
• Already-downloaded titles are skipped before queuing

What makes it safe

• Downloads are stored in per-channel folders
• Logs are written locally for debugging
• Favorites and history live in a small JSON file you control