You-Get
The facts below are what the maker publishes about You-Get, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From You-Get's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| You-Get | Free | MIT-licensed command-line utility; no paid plans or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from You-Get's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Batch downloads
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Data output
- The tool can output extracted resource URLs or JSON, but the maker warns that the JSON schema is not stabilized and may change incompatibly.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The installation page recommends Python 3.7.4 or later and FFmpeg 1.0 or later, with RTMPDump optional.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Download controls
- The command line supports choosing output directory and filename, using an HTTP proxy, and resuming interrupted downloads.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Fallback extraction
- For sites absent from its supported-sites list, the universal extractor attempts to find and download resources from the page.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Formats
- Format selection is not generally implemented for most supported sites, where the default is the highest-quality format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Image scraping
- It can scrape web pages for images, a feature the site describes as experimental and imperfect.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The maker documents installation through pip, GitHub, Homebrew on Mac, pkg on FreeBSD, and Flox on Mac, Linux, and Windows WSL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other downloads
- It can download arbitrary non-HTML binary content when given a resource URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- webm,mp4,3gpchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Playback
- It can send an online video to a chosen media player instead of downloading it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- You-Get is a command-line utility for downloading videos, audio, images, and other web content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and license
- The software is distributed under the MIT license and provided as-is without warranty.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Site coverage
- The maker lists support for sites including YouTube, Vimeo, Tumblr, SoundCloud, Instagram, Flickr, and Bilibili, with support varying by media type.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker points users to a Gitter channel for quick questions and issue-reporting guidelines for problems or contributions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported sources
- YouTube,X (Twitter),VK,Vimeo,Veoh,Tumblr,TED,SHOWROOM,MTV81,Metacafe,Magisto,Khan Academy,Internet Archive,Instagram,InfoQ,Flickr,Facebook,Dailymotion,Coub,CBS,niconico,Bilibili,iQIYI,QQ Video,Sohu,Tudou,Youku,and other listed siteschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Video and audio
- It downloads media from supported websites including YouTube, Youku, and Niconico.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- macOS,Linux,Windows via WSLchecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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