yt-dlp

Windows · Mac · Linux

Freedom report

Two barsScore 7.1

yt-dlp is ranked #18 of 137 in video downloaders on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.

Compared on video downloaders

Free plan: Yes
Supported sources: YouTube, Bilibili, Dailymotion, Facebook, Vimeo, TikTok, Twitch, and many other extractors
Output formats: avi, flv, mkv, mov, mp4, webm, aac, aiff, alac, flac, m4a, mka, mp3, ogg, opus, vorbis, wav
Playlist downloads: Yes
Subtitle downloads: Yes
Batch downloads: Yes
Device platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Project type: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader.
Site support: Supports thousands of sites.
Project origin: A fork of youtube-dl based on the inactive youtube-dlc.
Primary license: The project is licensed under the Unlicense.
Repository visibility: The GitHub repository is public.
Repository activity: The repository lists 24,009 commits, 16.8k forks, and 194k stars.
Windows support: Provides standalone Windows binaries for Windows 8 or later, including x64, x86, and ARM64.
macOS support: Provides standalone macOS executables for macOS 10.15 or later.
Linux support: Provides Linux binaries for glibc, musl, x86_64, aarch64, and armv7l variants.
Python support: Supports CPython 3.10+ and PyPy 3.11+.
YouTube dependency: yt-dlp-ejs is required for full YouTube support.
Stable schedule: The stable channel generally publishes releases on a mostly monthly schedule.
Version warning: Versions older than 90 days display a warning suggesting an update.
Integrity verification: Release checksums have SHA-512 and SHA-256 signature files with a GPG public key.

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