🎬 yt-transcript-gpt

yt-transcript-gpt is a Streamlit-based desktop/web app to extract YouTube video transcripts, enrich them with AI-powered analysis, and interact via chat—all in one place.

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✨ What’s New

• 🎉 Initial release with core transcript extraction and AI modules
• 🚀 Integrated both YouTube Transcript API and yt-dlp fallback
• 🤖 Gemini AI features: summaries, key quotes, Q&A, study guides, flashcards, insights
• 🔍 Interactive transcript viewer with search, copy, and notes
• 💬 Chat interface to ask questions about the transcript

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🛠️ All Features

• Transcript Extraction via YouTube Transcript API or yt-dlp
• AI Analysis through Google Gemini:
  • Summaries
  • Key Quotes
  • Q&A sessions
  • Study Guides
  • Flashcards
  • Highlighted Insights
• Interactive Viewer: search, scrollable transcript, per-paragraph copy & notes
• Downloadable Content: transcripts and AI-generated outputs (Markdown/plain text)
• Chat Mode: ask questions about video content and get AI answers
• Configurable: enable/disable libraries, set Gemini API key

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🗂️ Folder Structure

yt-transcript-gpt/
├── LICENSE                      # MIT License
├── README.md                    # This file
├── requirements.txt             # Python dependencies
└── src/                         # Source directory
     └── main.py                  # Streamlit app entry point
├── favicon.ico              # App icon
└── screenshots/             # UI previews
    └── screenshot.png

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📋 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• pip package manager
• Streamlit
• youtube-transcript-api (optional)
• yt-dlp (optional)
• google-generativeai for Gemini features

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

If no requirements.txt, run:

pip install streamlit youtube-transcript-api yt-dlp google-generativeai

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/ukr-projects/yt-transcript-gpt.git
   cd yt-transcript-gpt

2. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

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▶️ Usage

1. Run the app

   streamlit run src/main.py

2. Configure in the sidebar:

   • Paste your Gemini API Key to enable AI features
   • See status of transcript libraries (youtube-transcript-api, yt-dlp)

3. Extract Transcript:

   • Enter a YouTube video URL
   • Click 🚀 Extract Transcript

4. View & Interact:

   • Search within the transcript
   • Copy paragraphs or add notes
   • Download the raw transcript

5. AI Insights:

   • Use buttons to generate summaries, quotes, Q&A, study guides, flashcards, highlights

6. Chat:

   • Ask questions about the transcript content and view AI answers

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📸 Screenshot

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🤝 How to Contribute

1. Fork this repository

2. Create a branch:

   git checkout -b feature/YourFeature

3. Implement and Commit your changes

4. Push and Open a Pull Request

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Streamlit for rapid GUI development
• YouTube Transcript API & yt-dlp for transcript extraction
• Google Gemini AI (google-generativeai) for advanced analysis

🌟 Star History

If you find this project useful, please consider giving it a star on GitHub! Your support helps us continue improving and maintaining this tool.

📞 Support

• GitHub Issues: Report bugs or request features
• Discussions: Community discussions and Q&A
• Email: [email protected]

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