yt-dlp VS youtube-dl

Compare yt-dlp vs youtube-dl and see what are their differences.

yt-dlp

Fork of youtube-dlc with additional features and fixes [Moved to: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp] (by pukkandan)

youtube-dl

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites (by animelover1984)
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yt-dlp youtube-dl
52 28
239 280
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9.7 0.0
about 3 years ago about 1 year ago
Python Python
The Unlicense GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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yt-dlp

Posts with mentions or reviews of yt-dlp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-19.

youtube-dl

Posts with mentions or reviews of youtube-dl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-15.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing yt-dlp and youtube-dl you can also consider the following projects:

yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

spotify-downloader - Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).

youtube-dl - Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

twitch-dl - CLI tool for downloading videos from Twitch.

streamlink - Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player

Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass - A simple browser extension to bypass YouTube's age verification, disable content warnings and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in!

funimation-downloader-nx - Download videos from Funimation via cli.

udemy-dl - A cross-platform python based utility to download courses from udemy for personal offline use.

ytdl-patched - Possibly missing fixes on youtube-dl. brew install nao20010128nao/my/ytdl-patched [GET https://api.github.com/repositories/287858674: 403 - Repository access blocked]

lossless-cut - The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing

yt-dlc - media downloader and library for various sites.

Monkey-DL (Anime Downloader) - Bulk download your favourite anime episodes from your favourite anime websites