Video Digest

A local-first CLI that turns a YouTube URL into reviewable transcripts and Markdown digests, with a TUI for humans and stable JSON for agents. Package 1.2.0 supports macOS Apple Silicon and Linux x64.

Product

Capabilities

YouTube transcript extraction with quality checks
Structured digest generation via OpenCode
Terminal UI and scriptable commands
Local Artifact Library with Markdown and JSON outputs
macOS Apple Silicon and Linux x64 support

Stack

Bun
TypeScript
Python
TUI

Links

npm package Source code

Build notes

Part 1 Turning my YouTube backlog into email digests A short build note about a small Codex-assisted workflow that turns videos I save on YouTube into useful personal digests.
Part 2 I accidentally turned a YouTube transcript script into a tiny product A small product launch note for Video Digest, a local CLI and TUI for turning YouTube videos into transcripts and structured digests.