youtube-dl
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youtube-dl is a free and open source software tool for downloading video and audio from YouTube[2] and over 1,000 other video hosting websites.[3] It is released under the Unlicense software license.[4]
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Quick Facts Original author(s), Initial release ...
Original author(s) | Ricardo García Gonzalez |
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Initial release | August 8, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-08-08) |
Stable release | |
Repository | github |
Written in | Python |
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Platform | |
Type | Stream recorder |
License | Unlicense |
Website | ytdl-org |
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As of September 2021, youtube-dl is one of the most starred projects on GitHub, with over 100,000 stars.[5] According to libraries.io, 308 other packages and 1.43k repositories depend on it.[6] Numerous forks exist of the project.