youtube-dl
The facts below are what the maker publishes about youtube-dl, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From youtube-dl's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| youtube-dl | Free | No paid tiers or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from youtube-dl's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Batch downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Download controls
- Options include rate limits, retries, fragment handling, and external downloaders such as aria2c, ffmpeg, wget, and curl.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Embedding
- The README includes instructions for embedding youtube-dl in other Python programs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File naming
- Output templates can use video metadata to name files and create directory paths.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Installation options include Unix command-line downloads, a Windows executable, pip, Homebrew, and MacPorts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrity checks
- The download page provides SHA256 checksums and instructions for verifying signatures with GPG.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project says it is released to the public domain and may be modified, redistributed, or used freely.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- 3gp,aac,flv,m4a,mp3,mp4,ogg,wav,webmchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Playlist controls
- Options include selecting playlist items, choosing whether to download a playlist, and filtering video selection.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Playlist downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- youtube-dl is a command-line program for downloading videos from YouTube and other supported sites.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release
- The download page lists version 2021.12.17 as its release and provides its download files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The program requires Python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+ except for the Windows executable, which includes Python.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project homepage directs users to its support page and lists an IRC channel for contact.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported sites
- The project publishes an alphabetical list of supported site extractors.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported sources
- YouTube,Vimeo,Dailymotion,Facebook,SoundCloud,and many other listed siteschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Video quality
- By default, youtube-dl tries to download the best available quality, and users can select formats explicitly.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linuxchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Platform support
- The program is not platform specific and the project says it should work on Unix, Windows, and macOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Project team
- The About page lists Remita Amine as a core developer and names Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez as the original author.checked 11 Oct 2026
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