yt-dlp
Downloads video and its metadata (title, uploader, dates, description, comments) from YouTube and thousands of other sites.
Open yt-dlp ↗https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
- Type
- Command line
- Cost
- Free
- Touches the target?
- No, passive
- Account needed
- No
- Category
- Images & video
- Language
- Python
- License
- Unlicense
- Platforms
- linux, macos, windows
- GitHub stars
- 193,610
- Last updated
- 2026-09-16
- Link status
- Online, checked 2026-09-26
Takes
Gives you
Install
pipx install yt-dlpSource: github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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