Open Video Downloader
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Open Video Downloader, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Open Video Downloader's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Video Downloader | Free | Desktop app · downloads from supported websites |
The facts
Each one read from Open Video Downloader's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authentication
- The app supports browser cookie files, basic authentication and video passwords.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Batch downloads
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The project lists GitHub Releases, Microsoft Store, Homebrew on Mac and WinGet on Windows as download channels.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Download engine
- The app provides an interface around yt-dlp and communicates with it to fetch information and start downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License and use
- The project is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license and says users are responsible for following applicable laws and platform terms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media options
- Users can download full videos or extract audio, and automatically save available subtitles and metadata.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- MP4; MKVchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Parallel downloads
- The project site advertises up to 32 parallel downloads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Playlist downloads
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Playlists and output
- The app supports downloading entire playlists and setting the download location and filenames with presets or custom templates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- A cross-platform desktop app for downloading videos, audio, subtitles and metadata from supported websites.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Quality and formats
- Users can choose resolution, frame rate and output formats such as MP4 or MKV.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The security policy asks users to report suspected vulnerabilities privately through GitHub Security or by email, and says maintainers will try to acknowledge reports within 7 days.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security support
- Security fixes are currently provided for supported 3.x releases; 1.x and 2.x no longer receive security updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Support and audience
- The project provides wiki help pages and says the app offers an easy-to-use interface for people who do not want to use the command line.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported sites
- The project site says it can download from 1000+ services.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported sources
- YouTube; 1000+ serviceschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Updates
- The app and yt-dlp update automatically; the Microsoft Store version does not support automatic yt-dlp updates and its updates may arrive later.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- Windows; macOS; Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Platforms
- The app is available for Windows, macOS and Linux, with installers or packages for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs and multiple Linux architectures and distributions.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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