youtube-dl VS yt-dlp

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

youtube-dl

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites (by ytdl-org)
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youtube-dl yt-dlp
1082 2357
127,794 68,385
1.2% 5.2%
8.6 9.8
11 days ago 6 days ago
Python Python
The Unlicense The Unlicense
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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 2024-01-30.

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 2024-02-18.

What are some alternatives?

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

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!

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

tiktok-scraper - TikTok Scraper. Download video posts, collect user/trend/hashtag/music feed metadata, sign URL and etc.

youtube-dl-gui - A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

pytube - A lightweight, dependency-free Python library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube Videos.

youtube-dlc - Command-line program to download various media from YouTube.com and other sites

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

Crunchyroll-Downloader-v3.0 - Downloader for Crunchyroll

widevine-l3-decryptor - A Chrome extension that demonstrates bypassing Widevine L3 DRM

you-get - :arrow_double_down: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web

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

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player