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youtube-dl

command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites
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youtube-dl Developers: Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez Philipp Hagemeister Filippo Valsorda Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz Yen Chi Hsuan Remita Amine Sergey M. Naglis Jonaitis pulpe ConEmu Developer: Maximus5 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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youtube-dl

Summary

youtube-dl is a download manager[1]. youtube-dl draws 1,317 Wikipedia views per month (download_manager category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • youtube-dl is the creator of Ricardo García[3].
  • youtube-dl's instance of is recorded as download manager[4].
  • youtube-dl's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[5].
  • youtube-dl's instance of is recorded as public-domain software[6].
  • youtube-dl's instance of is recorded as Python package[7].
  • Q866 is named after youtube-dl[8].
  • download is named after youtube-dl[9].
  • youtube-dl's developer is recorded as Sergey M[10].
  • youtube-dl's copyright license is recorded as Unlicense[11].
  • youtube-dl's programmed in is recorded as Python[12].
  • youtube-dl's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[13].
  • youtube-dl's operating system is recorded as macOS[14].
  • youtube-dl's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[15].
  • youtube-dl's operating system is recorded as BSD[16].
  • youtube-dl's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[17].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.11.15[18].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.11.06[19].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.29[20].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.20[21].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.15.1[22].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.15[23].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.12[24].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.07[25].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.10.01[26].
  • youtube-dl's software version identifier is recorded as 2017.09.24[27].

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Authorship and Creation

youtube-dl is the creator of Ricardo García[3].

Why It Matters

youtube-dl draws 1,317 Wikipedia views per month (download_manager category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] youtube-dl has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

56.com 9GAG BSD digital preservation LBRY macOS Media Downloader Microsoft Windows Odysee Python Ricardo García Twitch Unix-like operating system YouTube

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operating system → Microsoft Windows, macOS, Q3251801 +2
    Programming language → —
    Official website → https://yt-dl.org/, https://youtube-dl.org/, https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
    Significant event → notice and take down, Streisand effect
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|4 */ [[Property:P793]]: [[Q7063007]]"
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