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-# Freedom Loader
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-> Ce projet a pour but de permettre le téléchargement de contenu Vidéo/Audio de manière gratuite, open source et libre.
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-## 🚀 Fonctionnalités
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-- ✅ Téléchargement de vidéos avec les métadonnées (MP4)
-- ✅ Téléchargement audio uniquement, avec la couverture ainsi que les métadonnées (MP3)
-- ✅ Support des playlists complètes
-- ✅ Récupération automatique des métadonnées (titre, durée, etc.)
-- ✅ Logs détaillés : console et fichiers rotatifs (7 jours)
-- ✅ Choix du chemin de sortie personnalisé avec sauvegarde
-- ✅ Plusieurs thèmes graphiques au choix pour personnaliser l’interface
-- ✅ Interface simple, intuitive
-- ✅ Notification quand le téléchargement est fini (Click = Ouverture Dossier Output)
-- ✅ Discord Rich Presence
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-## 🔧 Installation
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-Pour installer l'application, il vous suffit de télécharger l'installateur dans la section releases, de prendre la dernière version et de l'exécuter.
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----
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-## ❓ Questions fréquentes
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-### _Où se situent mes fichiers une fois téléchargés ?_
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-Dans le dossier Téléchargements (**C:\Users\VOTRE NOM\Downloads**) de votre ordinateur, dans un dossier nommé **Freedom Loader Output**
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-### _Une fois le programme installé et lancé, j'ai une erreur_
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-Essayez de relancer l'application, de consulter les logs ou d'ouvrir la console de développement du navigateur en faisant le raccourci `CTRL + SHIFT + I` ou via `View > Toggle Developer Tools`.
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-## 🏗️ Fonctionnalités à venir (Roadmap)
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-- [ ] Plus de choix de formats
-- [ ] Support des sous-titres
-- [ ] Meilleure UI / UX
-- [ ] Choix des langues
-- [ ] Téléchargement d’une partie de la vidéo
-- [ ] Renommage du fichier de sortie
-- [x] ~~Extraction / découpage de la vidéo via chapitrage natif~~
-- [ ] Téléchargements parallèles
-- [ ] Suppression automatique des parties sponsorisées (skip sponsor)
-- [x] ~~Choix personnalisé du chemin de sortie (par défaut **C:\Users\Utilisateur\Downloads**, où un dossier **Freedom Loader Output** sera créé)~~
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-## 🖼️ Aperçu
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-> Voici un exemple de l’application lancée après avoir saisi une URL.
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-## ℹ️ À propos
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-Ce projet a été réalisé en utilisant [](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
-Merci à eux de nous permettre d’utiliser leur API gratuitement et en open source.
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-Ce projet est open source et accueille volontiers vos contributions.
-Voici comment participer :
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-- **🪲 Signalement de bugs**
- Merci d’utiliser le [système d’issues GitHub](https://github.com/MasterAcnolo/Freedom-Loader/issues) pour remonter les bugs rencontrés.
- Essayez de fournir une reproduction claire et les logs si possible. Les logs se trouvent dans le dossier d’installation du programme. Exemple de chemin :
- `C:\Users\[VOTRE NOM]\Desktop\Freedom Loader\resources\app\logs`
- Le fichier aura un nom du type `combined-20xx-xx-xx.log`.
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-- **🛠️ Contribution**
- Les Pull Requests sont les bienvenues ! Merci de forker le repo et de soumettre votre PR après avoir vérifié le respect des guidelines (tests, style, etc.).
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-- **💡 Suggestions de fonctionnalités**
- Vous pouvez proposer de nouvelles idées via une [issue de type feature request](https://github.com/MasterAcnolo/Freedom-Loader/issues).
- Toute proposition claire et détaillée sera étudiée.
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-- **💰 Soutenir le projet**
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- Si vous souhaitez m’encourager, vous pouvez faire un don sur
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-## 📄 Licence
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-Ce projet est sous licence **MIT** — voir le fichier [LICENSE](./LICENSE) pour plus d’informations.
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-## ⚠️ Disclaimer
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-J’ai bien évidemment eu recours à l’IA pour m’aider sur certaines parties du projet. Utilisez l’IA avec parcimonie et soyez toujours conscient de ce que vous faites.
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# Freedom Loader
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-> This project aims to enable free, open-source, and unrestricted downloading of Video/Audio content.
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-## 🚀 Features
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-- ✅ Video download with metadata(MP4)
-- ✅ Audio-only download with thumbail and metadata(MP3)
-- ✅ Full playlist support
-- ✅ Automatic metadata retrieval (title, duration, etc.)
-- ✅ Detailed logs: console and rotating files (7 days)
-- ✅ Custom output path selection with saving
-- ✅ Multiple graphical themes available for interface customization
-- ✅ Simple, intuitive, and responsive interface
-- ✅ Notification system when download finished (Click = Open Output Folder)
-- ✅ Discord Rich Presence
+Freedom Loader is a Windows desktop application built with Electron.
+It provides a simple and reliable way to download video or audio content with metadata and advanced options, without ads or questionable third-party services.
+The goal is to offer a clean, user-friendly, and transparent download experience. It's important for me to make media content downloading accessible to people who love music or videos and don’t always have an internet connection.
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-## 🔧 Installation
+## Features
-To install the application, simply download the installer from the releases section. Take the latest version and run it.
+- Video download with metadata (MP4)
+- Audio-only download with thumbnail and tags (MP3)
+- Full playlist support
+- Automatic metadata retrieval (title, duration, author, etc.)
+- Detailed logs (console + rotating files for 7 days)
+- Custom output path with persistence
+- Automatic dependency updates (YT-DLP)
+- Multiple UI themes
+- Simple, responsive interface
+- Notifications on download completion (click to open folder)
+- Discord Rich Presence
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-## ❓ Frequently Asked Questions
+## Installation
-### _Where are my downloaded files located?_
+Download the latest installer from the **Releases** page and run it (Defender could stop you but click on "Run Anyway" and it's good).
+No additional setup is required.
-In your computer's Downloads folder (**C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Downloads**), inside a folder named **Freedom Loader Output**
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+---
-### _After installing and running the program, I get an error_
+## FAQ
-Try restarting the application, checking the logs, or opening the browser's developer console by pressing `CTRL + SHIFT + I` or by going to `View > Toggle Developer Tools`
+### Where are my downloaded files stored?
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+In your **Downloads** folder, inside **Freedom Loader**.
+Example path:
+`C:\Users\[YOUR NAME]\Downloads\Freedom Loader`
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+### I get an error after launching the app
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+Try restarting the application, checking the logs, or opening the developer console:
+`CTRL + SHIFT + I` -> “Toggle Developer Tools”.
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-## 🏗️ Upcoming Features (Roadmap)
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+## Roadmap
+
+- [ ] Website for Freedom Loader
- [ ] More format options
+- [ ] Linux version
+- [ ] Mobile version (APK)
+- [x] Auto-updating YT-DLP
+- [ ] Automatic project updates
+- [ ] Better download status
+- [ ] Better website support (currently only YouTube is fully supported)
- [ ] Subtitle support
-- [ ] Improved UI / UX
+- [ ] UI/UX improvements
- [ ] Language selection
-- [ ] Download a specific part of the video
-- [ ] Rename output file
-- [x] ~~Extract / Split video using native chapters~~
+- [ ] Download specific parts of a video
+- [ ] Custom file naming
- [ ] Parallel downloads
-- [ ] Skip sponsored parts of videos
-- [x] ~~Custom output path selection (default **C:\Users\Username\Downloads** with a **Freedom Loader Output** folder created)~~
+- [ ] Automatic sponsor skipping
+- [x] Extract/split video using native chapters
+- [x] Custom output path selection
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-## 🖼️ Preview
+## Preview
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-> Here is an example of the app after launch and entering a URL
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+## ℹ Technologies
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+This project uses:
+[](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
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+Huge thanks to the yt-dlp team for providing an outstanding open-source tool.
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-## ℹ️ About
+## Contributing
-This project was built using [](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)
-Thanks to them for providing a free and open-source API.
+Contributions are welcome.
-This project is open-source and welcomes your contributions.
-Here is how to get involved:
+### Bug Reports
-- **🪲 Bug Reporting**
- Please use the [GitHub issues system](https://github.com/MasterAcnolo/Freedom-Loader/issues) to report any bugs you encounter.
- Try to provide clear reproduction steps and logs if possible. Logs are located in the installation folder of the program. Example path:
- `C:\Users\[YOUR NAME]\Desktop\Freedom Loader\resources\app\logs`
- The log file will be named something like `combined-20xx-xx-xx.log`
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-- **🛠️ Contribution**
- Pull Requests are welcome! Please fork the repo and submit your PR after ensuring you meet the contribution guidelines (tests, style, etc.).
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-- **💡 Feature Suggestions**
- You can propose new ideas via a [feature request issue](https://github.com/MasterAcnolo/Freedom-Loader/issues).
- Any clear and detailed proposal will be reviewed.
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-- **💰 Support the Project**
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- If you'd like to support me, you can donate via
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+Use the GitHub Issues system and include reproduction steps and logs when possible.
+Logs can be found here:
+`C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Desktop\Freedom Loader\resources\app\logs\combined-20xx-xx-xx.log`
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+### Feature Requests
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+Open a feature request issue with a clear description and use cases.
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+### Pull Requests
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+Fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a PR once everything is tested and clean.
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-## 📄 License
+## Support the Project
-This project is licensed under the **GNU License** — see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for details.
+If you'd like to support development:
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---
-## ⚠️ Disclaimer
+## License
-I have obviously used AI assistance for some parts of this project. Use AI sparingly and always be aware of what you are doing.
+Freedom Loader is released under the **GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3)**.
+You are free to use, modify, and redistribute the software under the terms of this license.
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+See the full license in the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file.
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+---
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+## Note
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+AI assistance was used occasionally to speed up development, but all code and decisions were reviewed and validated manually.