How to Download Videos and Self-Host Photos With 6 Repos

Six GitHub repos that sound like they should come with a court date. Every one of them is open source, and every one does something you would normally pay for or hand your data over to get.

Star counts run from 13.3K up to 206.8K, so these are not weekend experiments. Each link goes straight to the project.

Tutorial

1. Open yt-dlp at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/yt-dlp. It downloads video and audio from almost any website, and 206.8K stars say it holds up.

1. Open Invidious at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/invidious. It is another way to watch YouTube, with no ads and no account, backed by 25.9K stars.

1. Open LocalSend at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/localsend. It moves files between Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac the way AirDrop does, with 98.3K stars.

1. Open Stirling-PDF at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/stirling-pdf. It edits, merges, signs and converts PDFs on your own computer, and carries 96.2K stars.

1. Open Immich at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/immich. It is your own Google Photos running on your own server, with 118.8K stars behind it.

1. Open Sure at https://go.ahmedbenabdallah.com/we-promise-sure. It keeps your personal finances on your server instead of another company's app, with 13.3K stars.

Wrapping Up

You now have six open-source projects, each aimed at a job you probably hand to someone else's service today. The quick wins are video downloads and PDF editing, since those work on a normal laptop without any server setup. Pick the one that matches the annoyance you have been living with, open the link, and start there.