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DownKingo

downkingo.com

yt-dlp

github.com

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FigureDownKingoyt-dlp
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Video Downloaders8.6 (#20)9.0 (#5)
Batch downloadsYesYes
Device platformsWindows,macOS,LinuxWindows,macOS,Linux
FormatsListed output formats include MP4, MKV, WebM, AVI, MOV, MP3, AAC, M4A, Opus, FLAC, WAV, OGG, JPG, PNG, and WebP.Its format selection supports choosing and sorting available video and audio formats.
Free planYesYes
Output formatsMP4,MKV,WebM,AVI,MOV,MP3,AAC,M4A,Opus,FLAC,WAV,OGG,JPG,PNG,WebP,TXT,SRT,VTT,DOCXavi,flv,mkv,mov,mp4,webm,aac,aiff,alac,flac,m4a,mka,mp3,ogg,opus,vorbis,wav
Playlist downloadsYesYes
Subtitle downloadsYesYes
Supported sourcesYouTube,Instagram,TikTok,Twitter/X,SoundCloud,Twitch,Globo,ESPN,Pinterest,Reddit,Facebook,Vimeo,Kwai,and 1000+ other sitesYouTube,Bilibili,Dailymotion,Facebook,Vimeo,TikTok,Twitch,and many other extractors

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DownKingo

  • FreeFree

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yt-dlp

  • Free softwareFree

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yt-dlp

yt-dlp is a free command-line tool for downloading audio and video from online sources. It supports thousands of sites, including YouTube, Bilibili, Dailymotion, Facebook, Vimeo, TikTok and Twitch. Downloads can include playlists, subtitles or batches, with output options spanning video formats such as AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4 and WebM, and audio formats such as AAC, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, Ogg, Opus and WAV. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. Standalone macOS executables require macOS 10.15 or later, while Windows binaries support Windows 8 or later; Linux binaries cover several system and processor variants. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the inactive youtube-dlc, and its public repository is licensed under the Unlicense. It supports CPython 3.10+ and PyPy 3.11+, while full YouTube support requires yt-dlp-ejs. Stable releases generally follow a mostly monthly schedule, and versions more than 90 days old display an update warning. Release checksums have SHA-512 and SHA-256 signature files with a GPG public key.

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