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 youtube-dl being used to download Big Buck Bunny from YouTube | |
| Original author(s) | Ricardo García Gonzalez |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 8, 2006 |
| Stable release | 2021.12.17[1] 
/ 17 December 2021 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Platform | |
| Type | Stream recorder |
| License | Unlicense |
| Website | ytdl-org |
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]
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.
- ^ "Release youtube-dl 2021.12.17".
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package youtube-dl in sid". packages.debian.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ "Supported sites". youtube-dl's GitHub Pages site. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Unlicense". Unlicense.org. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videos". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ^ "youtube_dl on Pypi". Libraries.io. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-10-24.