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youtube-dl

command-line program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites
CreativeWork download_manager Q28401317
youtube-dl
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

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
download manager, command-line tool, public-domain software, Python package[3][4][5]
Inception
August 8, 2006
Official website
yt-dl.org, youtube-dl.org, ytdl-org.github.io
Has use
digital preservation
Compatible with
YouTube, Channel One Russia, 20 minutes, 247Sports.com, BitChute, Odysee, LBRY, 3sat, 56.com, M6+, 7plus, 8tracks.com, 9GAG, 9Now, ABC iview, ABC News, Academic Earth, Acast, Animation Digital Network, Adobe Connect, .netrc
Copyright license
Unlicense[9]
Copyright status
copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder
Creator
Ricardo García[2]
Depends on software
Python
Derivative work
youtube-dlc, yt-dlp
Developer
Sergey M[8]
Has command line option
v, f, h, help, version, U, update, i, ignore-errors, abort-on-error, dump-user-agent, list-extractors, extractor-descriptions, force-generic-extractor, default-search, ignore-config, config-location, flat-playlist, mark-watched, no-mark-watched, no-color, no-colors, proxy, socket-timeout, source-address, 4, force-ipv4, 6, force-ipv6, geo-verification-proxy, cn-verification-proxy, geo-bypass, no-geo-bypass, geo-bypass-country, geo-bypass-ip-block, playlist-start, playlist-end, playlist-items, match-title, reject-title, max-downloads, min-filesize, max-filesize, date, datebefore, dateafter, min-views, max-views, match-filter, no-playlist, yes-playlist, age-limit, download-archive, include-ads, u, username, p, password, 2, twofactor, n, netrc, video-password, ap-mso, ap-username, ap-password, ap-list-mso, format, all-formats, prefer-free-formats, F, list-formats, youtube-include-dash-manifest, youtube-skip-dash-manifest, merge-output-format, write-sub, write-srt, write-auto-sub, write-automatic-sub, all-subs, list-subs, sub-format, sub-lang, sub-langs, srt-lang, r, limit-rate, rate-limit, R, retries, fragment-retries, skip-unavailable-fragments, abort-on-unavailable-fragment, keep-fragments, buffer-size, no-resize-buffer, http-chunk-size, test, playlist-reverse, playlist-random, xattr-set-filesize, hls-prefer-native, hls-prefer-ffmpeg, hls-use-mpegts, external-downloader, external-downloader-args, encoding, no-check-certificate, prefer-insecure, prefer-unsecure, user-agent, referer, add-header, bidi-workaround, sleep-interval, min-sleep-interval, max-sleep-interval, q, quiet, no-warnings, s, simulate, skip-download, g, get-url, get-title, e, get-id, get-thumbnail, get-description, get-duration, get-filename, get-format, j, dump-json, J, dump-single-json, print-json, newline, no-progress, console-title, verbose, dump-pages, dump-intermediate-pages, write-pages, youtube-print-sig-code, print-traffic, dump-headers, C, call-home, no-call-home, a, batch-file, id, o, output, autonumber-size, autonumber-start, restrict-filenames, A, auto-number, t, title, l, literal, w, no-overwrites, c, continue, no-continue, no-part, no-mtime, write-description, write-info-json, write-annotations, load-info-json, load-info, cookies, cache-dir, no-cache-dir, rm-cache-dir, write-thumbnail, write-all-thumbnails, list-thumbnails, x, extract-audio, audio-format, audio-quality, recode-video, postprocessor-args, k, keep-video, no-post-overwrites, embed-subs, embed-thumbnail, add-metadata, metadata-from-title, xattrs, fixup, prefer-avconv, prefer-ffmpeg, ffmpeg-location, avconv-location, exec, convert-subs, convert-subtitles
Named after
YouTube, download[6][7]
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, BSD, Unix-like operating system[11][12][13][14][15]
Programmed in
Python[10]
Significant event
notice and take down, Streisand effect
Social media followers
+20434
Software version identifier
2017.11.15, 2017.11.06, 2017.10.29, 2017.10.20, 2017.10.15.1, 2017.10.15, 2017.10.12, 2017.10.07, 2017.10.01, 2017.09.24, 2017.09.15, 2017.09.11, 2017.09.10, 2017.09.02, 2017.08.27.1, 2017.08.27, 2017.08.23, 2017.08.18, 2017.08.13, 2017.08.09, 2017.08.06, 2017.07.30.1, 2017.07.23, 2017.07.15, 2017.07.09, 2017.07.02, 2017.06.25, 2017.06.23, 2017.06.18, 2017.06.12, 2017.06.05, 2017.05.29, 2017.05.26, 2017.05.23, 2017.05.18.1, 2017.05.18, 2017.05.14, 2017.05.09, 2017.05.07, 2017.05.01, 2017.04.28, 2017.04.26, 2017.04.17, 2017.04.16, 2017.04.15, 2017.04.14, 2017.04.11, 2017.04.09, 2017.04.03, 2017.04.02, 2017.03.26, 2017.03.24, 2017.03.22, 2017.03.20, 2017.03.16, 2017.03.15, 2017.03.10, 2017.03.07, 2017.03.06, 2017.03.05, 2017.03.02, 2017.02.28, 2017.02.27, 2017.02.24.1, 2017.02.24, 2017.02.22, 2017.02.21, 2017.02.17, 2017.02.16, 2017.02.14, 2017.02.11, 2017.02.10, 2017.02.07, 2017.02.04.1, 2017.02.04, 2017.02.01, 2017.01.31, 2017.01.29, 2017.01.28, 2017.01.25, 2017.01.24, 2017.01.22, 2017.01.18, 2017.01.16, 2017.01.14, 2017.01.10, 2017.01.08, 2017.01.05, 2017.01.02, 2016.12.31, 2016.12.22, 2016.12.20, 2016.12.18, 2016.12.15, 2016.12.12, 2016.12.09, 2016.12.01, 2016.11.27, 2016.11.22, 2016.11.18, 2017.11.26, 2017.12.02, 2017.12.10, 2017.12.14, 2017.12.23, 2017.12.28, 2017.12.31, 2018.01.07, 2018.01.14, 2018.01.18, 2018.01.21, 2018.01.27, 2018.02.04, 2018.02.09, 2018.02.11, 2018.02.26, 2018.03.03, 2018.03.14, 2018.03.10, 2018.02.25, 2018.02.22, 2018.02.08, 2018.02.03, 2018.03.20, 2018.03.26.1, 2018.04.03, 2018.04.09, 2018.04.16, 2018.04.25, 2018.05.01, 2018.05.09, 2018.05.18, 2018.05.26, 2018.05.30, 2018.06.02, 2018.06.04, 2018.06.11, 2018.06.14, 2016.11.14.1, 2016.11.08.1, 2016.11.08, 2016.11.04, 2016.11.02, 2016.10.31, 2016.10.26, 2016.10.25, 2016.10.21.1, 2016.10.21, 2016.10.19, 2016.10.16, 2016.10.12, 2016.10.07, 2016.10.02, 2016.09.27, 2016.09.24, 2016.09.19, 2016.09.18, 2016.09.15, 2016.09.11.1, 2016.09.11, 2016.09.08, 2016.09.04.1, 2016.09.04, 2016.09.03, 2016.08.31, 2016.08.28, 2016.08.24.1, 2016.08.24, 2016.08.22, 2016.08.19, 2016.08.17, 2016.08.13, 2016.08.12, 2016.08.10, 2016.08.07, 2016.08.06, 2016.08.01, 2016.07.30, 2016.07.28, 2016.07.26.2, 2016.07.26.1, 2016.07.26, 2016.07.24, 2016.07.22, 2016.07.17, 2016.07.16, 2016.07.13, 2016.07.11, 2016.07.09.2, 2016.07.09.1, 2016.07.09, 2016.07.07, 2016.07.06, 2016.07.05, 2016.07.03.1, 2016.07.03, 2016.07.02, 2016.07.01, 2016.06.30, 2016.06.27, 2016.06.26, 2016.06.25, 2016.06.23.1, 2016.06.23, 2016.06.22, 2016.06.20, 2016.06.19.1, 2016.06.19, 2016.06.18.1, 2016.06.16, 2016.06.14, 2016.06.12, 2016.06.11.3, 2016.06.11.1, 2016.06.11, 2016.06.03, 2018.10.05, 2019.04.17, 2019.09.12.1, 2020.07.28, 2020.11.12, 2020.12.02, 2020.12.05, 2020.12.07, 2020.12.09, 2020.12.12, 2020.12.14, 2020.12.22, 2020.12.26, 2020.12.29, 2020.12.31, 2021.01.03, 2021.03.02, 2021.03.03, 2021.03.14, 2021.03.25, 2021.03.31, 2021.04.01, 2021.04.07, 2021.04.17, 2021.04.26, 2021.05.16, 2021.06.06, 2021.12.17[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Uses
YouTube, Vimeo, ABC iview, BBC iPlayer, Zattoo, DRTV, RTL+, Line TV, LiveLeak, Twitch, Ruutu, audio recording, internet video
🏷️ Also known as
en youtube-dl ar يوتيوب–دي إل
🔖 Identifiers · 30
AUR package
youtube-dl-git, python2-youtube-dl-git, python2-youtube-dl
AlternativeTo software ID
youtube-dl
Arch Linux package
youtube-dl
ArchWiki article
Youtube-dl_(Polski)
Chocolatey Community package ID
youtube-dl
Debian stable package
youtube-dl
Fedora package
youtube-dl
Free Software Directory entry
youtube-dl
FreeBSD port
www/youtube_dl
Gentoo package
net-misc/youtube-dl
GitHub account
ytdl-org
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11f6zxdrjc
Show all 30 identifiers +18
Guix Variable Name
youtube-dl
Homebrew formula name
youtube-dl
IRC channel URL
irc://chat.freenode.net/#youtube-dl
Issue tracker URL
github.com
NetBSD package ID
net/youtube-dl
Open Hub ID
youtube-dl
OpenBSD port
www/youtube-dl
OpenSUSE package
youtube-dl
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
9547
PyPI project
youtube_dl
Quora topic ID
Youtube-dl
Repology project name
youtube-dl
Snap package
youtube-dl
Source code repository URL
github.com
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com
Subreddit
youtubedl
Ubuntu package
youtube-dl
User manual URL
ytdl-org.github.io

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🔗 Connections
Compatible with 17
YouTube, Channel One Russia, ABC News, 9GAG, Odysee, BitChute, 3sat, Adobe Connect +9 more
Uses 11
YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, LiveLeak, BBC iPlayer, audio recording, Zattoo, internet video +3 more
Operating system 4
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Unix-like operating system, BSD
Instance of 2
download manager, public-domain software
Named after 2
YouTube, download
Copyright license 1
Unlicense
Creator 1
Ricardo García
Depends on software 1
Python
Derivative work 1
yt-dlp
Has use 1
digital preservation
Programmed in 1
Python
Significant event 1
Streisand effect
← Based on 1
yt-dlp
← Compatible with 1
Media Downloader
← Depends on software 1
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Summary

youtube-dl is a download manager[1].

Related Entities

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

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    Operating system → Microsoft Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux +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
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