yt-dlp
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Command line program that's a youtube-dl fork that downloads videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.
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- Free
- Open Source (Unlicense)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Termux
- Linux Mobile
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Audio & Music, Video & Movies, OS & Utilities, File SharingGitHub repository
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Comments and Reviews
Extend support for Youtube-DL. It's great and it does exactly what I expect from it.
Well it works. I like it especially because it works faultlessly with youtube.
Wonderful program, but there are two things to note (not cons): First: The program must be in the latest version to download videos. I tried to download videos from yputube with an old version and failed, then I discovered that the program was banned by Youtube (as far as I know). Second: It is a terminal-based program , but it is not complicated at all. What I mentioned aren't a big deal, and in general the program is wonderful, especially since you can download playlists, not just videos, while this feature in some programs pays to obtain it.
Brilliant youtube-dl fork. I don't use it much, but not had any issues during usage.
Hard work by the open-source community to keep up with Google's ongoing attempts to hinder video downloads.
It's a command-line app only. But you can get a GUI anywhere, or ask an AI agent to tell you how to use it for your specific needs.
It has a bit of a learning curve (and can be scary for we people that arent use to command lines), but it more than makes up for it on terms of sheer speed, lightweight-ness and options. Besides from having an impossible number of commands (which is good and bad), it does allow for non-youtube video download. I personally recommend to use it with AutoHotKey, after some setup its easy peasy to use.
As of March 2025, it works pretty well. I'm not sure if there is a GUI, but the command line works if you put the right ffmpeg.exe (~125 MB) in the folder. There are an almost infinite number of parameters you can control if you want to.
YT-DLG it's a Front-end that used to use the CLI Back-end "Youtube-DL" but now uses YT-DLP, although you're able to select which one to use, check it out if you're not into CLI, worth noting using a GUI may limit some functionality...
If you may want to simplify the usage without the CLI, maybe creating a .Bat file or files might do the trick as well.