Yt Dlp

Audio and video downloader

yt-dlp
 
Open sourceCommand-line tool

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License
Unlicense
Open source
Version
2026.08.19
2 months ago
Category
Utilities
Command-line tool
Language
Python

About

Download audio and video from thousands of sites using a single command. You choose the formats, name files with output templates, fetch subtitles and thumbnails, and edit metadata afterwards.

yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl, written in Python, with SponsorBlock options, plugins and a configuration file. You can install it as a standalone binary for Windows, macOS or Linux, with pip, or through a package manager such as Homebrew.

Highlights

  • Supports thousands of sites
  • Format selection and output templates
  • Subtitles, thumbnails and metadata editing

Who it's for

Good for people comfortable with a terminal who want to save audio or video for offline use.

This description was written by our editors with automated assistance, not by the developer, and has not been reviewed yet.

Why it is here

  • Code changed 3 days ago

Official channels

Official channels only. We never host or repackage downloads.

Homebrew
macOS, Linux
2026.8.19
brew install yt-dlp
winget
Windows
2026.08.19
winget install --id yt-dlp.yt-dlp -e

Verified: installer URL on github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

GitHub release
Windows, Linux, macOS
2026.08.19

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