— clean download links for any public GitHub release so that you don't have to be called a "Smelly Nerd" anymore.
Overview
— clean download links for any public GitHub release so that you don't have to be called a "Smelly Nerd" anymore.
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Yatko
yatko.app — clean download links for any public GitHub release so that you don’t have to be called a “Smelly Nerd” anymore.
Swap the domain — that’s it. Same owner/repo path as GitHub, one click to the right binary for your users’ platform and architecture.
github.com/cli/cli → yatko.app/cli/cli
Website: https://yatko.app · Source: github.com/argval/yatko
Need a direct download (no landing page)? Add /dl:
https://yatko.app/dl/cli/cli
What it does
Most GitHub projects bury downloads in a releases page with 15+ assets. Yatko gives you the same URL shape as GitHub, plus smart links that pick the right asset automatically:
| URL | What it does |
|---|---|
/:owner/:repo |
Landing page — same path as github.com/owner/repo, just swap the domain |
/p/:owner/:repo/:version |
Landing page for a specific release tag |
/dl/:owner/:repo |
Detects platform + arch, redirects straight to the right binary (?platform=, ?arch=, ?prefer=, ?libc= overrides) |
/dl/:owner/:repo/:version |
Same, but for a specific release tag |
/api/link/:owner/:repo |
JSON with resolved download URL — for CI/scripts (same query overrides as /dl) |
/api/releases/:owner/:repo |
List of recent releases (tag, date, prerelease flag) |
/api/readme/:owner/:repo |
Raw README markdown (install commands / About section) |
/api/search?q= |
GitHub repo search — homepage autocomplete suggestions |
Features
- Repo search — type a name on the homepage and pick from live GitHub suggestions
- Platform detection — Windows / macOS / Linux from User-Agent
- Architecture detection — amd64 / arm64 / arm / 386 from User-Agent and
navigator.userAgentData - Format & libc overrides — pin package type (
?prefer=deb) or musl/gnu/static (?libc=musl) on/dland/api/link - Version selector — browse and switch between recent releases in the UI
- Pre-release toggle — opt into alpha/beta builds when available
- Asset checksums — automatically fetches and displays SHA256 for the selected binary, with a copyable verify command
- Quick Install — extracts package manager commands from the README (
pip,npm,cargo,brew,winget,choco,scoop,apt, and more) - Platform filter — “My platform only” toggle in the All Downloads list
- Download counts — shows per-asset download counts from GitHub
- Share links — copyable Yatko URLs for smart download, landing page, API, and a README Markdown snippet
- Dark mode — system preference detection + manual toggle
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Install
npx skillfish add argval/yatko