DownSnap vs MeTube

DownSnap is a browser-based tool for downloading videos by pasting a URL. It supports more than 1,800 websites, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter/X, Reddit, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, LinkedIn, SoundCloud, Kuaishou, Bilibili, and Rumble. Downloads are MP4, with playlist and batch downloads supported. The site says it selects the highest available resolution, typically 720p or 1080p; YouTube sources may provide 4K. It says files are streamed from their source without added watermarks, re-encoding, or compression, and are not stored on its servers. No social media login is required, and the tool works in a browser without an extension, app, or software installation. On iPhone and Android browsers, downloads go to Files or Photos on iOS and Downloads on Android. Reddit video downloads include merged audio. TikTok watermark-free results depend on the API response at download time. DownSnap downloads original video files rather than converting them to MP3; the site recommends a separate converter for audio extraction, although some sources may return audio directly. The free plan is listed at free, with no download limits and no sign-up requirement.

MeTube is a free, self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp that downloads media from YouTube and hundreds of other sites to a user's server. It handles video, audio, subtitles, and thumbnails from individual videos, playlists, or entire channels, with video quality up to 4K. Each download can use a selected quality, format, and folder; server-wide yt-dlp options and presets are also available. Channel and playlist subscriptions can queue new uploads. Output options include MP4, M4A, MP3, Opus, WAV, FLAC, SRT, TXT, VTT, TTML, SBV, SCC, DFXP, and JPG. Docker and Docker Compose quick starts are provided, with images for amd64 and arm64. Integrations include browser extensions, bookmarklets, an iOS Shortcut, Android share-menu apps, and a Raycast extension. MeTube has no authentication by design and is intended for a trusted network or placement behind an authenticating reverse proxy. Private and internal addresses are blocked by default. The default concurrency setting allows three downloads at once; others wait. The project is AGPL-3.0, and its scope ends after a download is written, leaving tagging and library organization to other tools.