DownSnap vs yt-dlp

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.

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.