MeTube vs yt-dlp online

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.

yt-dlp online is a free option for downloading video and audio from supported sites using a web browser or desktop application. Its listed sources include YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, Reddit, Dailymotion, BiliBili, Rumble and 1,727+ sites. Video quality is listed up to 8K, although source video formats vary by site. Audio output formats include MP3, M4A, Opus and FLAC. Playlist, subtitle and batch downloads are supported. The listed platforms are web, Windows, macOS and Linux. The Free plan costs nothing and is described as an open-source desktop application with no premium tier and no download limits. The available formats for a particular video depend on its source site, so not every download will offer the same choices.