yt-dlp VS streamlink

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

streamlink

Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player (by streamlink)
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yt-dlp streamlink
2357 129
68,849 9,498
5.8% 1.7%
9.8 9.6
about 13 hours ago 3 days ago
Python Python
The Unlicense BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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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 2024-02-18.

streamlink

Posts with mentions or reviews of streamlink. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing yt-dlp and streamlink 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!

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.

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

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

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

aria2 - aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.

youtube-dl-server - Web / REST interface for downloading youtube videos onto a server.

youtube-dl-android - Youtube-dl for android