MeTube vs SSvid

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.

SSvid is a video and audio downloader for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android. It supports YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Vimeo, Reddit, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, Pinterest and more than 1,000 other platforms. Downloads range from 144p to 4K and can be saved as MP4, WebM, MP3 or M4A, including video-only or audio-only output. Playlist, subtitle and batch downloads are supported. The app includes a browser that can intercept videos with one click, while downloads can pause and resume after closing the app. The free plan costs 0.00 USD forever, requires no signup and allows five downloads per day. Paid passes are one-time payments with no automatic renewal: 10.00 USD for seven days, 15.00 USD for 30 days, 25.00 USD for 90 days and 42.00 USD for Lifetime. Premium removes the parallel-download limit and includes a Gemini assistant for questions, summaries and subtitle translation. SSvid says it has no tracking, ads, data collection or cloud uploads.