OmniGet vs yt-dlp
OmniGet
omniget.devyt-dlp
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| Figure | OmniGet | yt-dlp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Video Downloaders | 8.8 (#11) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Batch downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Device platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux,Chrome and Firefox browser extension | Windows,macOS,Linux |
| Formats | It supports up to 4K video, audio-only downloads in MP3, M4A, Opus, FLAC or WAV, and subtitles as SRT or VTT. | Its format selection supports choosing and sorting available video and audio formats. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | OmniGet is licensed under GPL-3.0 and has no ads, account requirement or paid plan. | The repository is marked Unlicense, while the README explains that some bundled release binaries contain third-party code under other licenses. |
| Output formats | MP4,M4A,XML,ASS,JSON | avi,flv,mkv,mov,mp4,webm,aac,aiff,alac,flac,m4a,mka,mp3,ogg,opus,vorbis,wav |
| Playlist downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | OmniGet is a free, open-source desktop app for saving video, audio and files from more than 1,000 sites. | yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. |
| Subtitle downloads | Yes | Yes |
| Supported sources | YouTube,Instagram,TikTok,X/Twitter,Reddit,Twitch,Vimeo,Bluesky,Pinterest,SoundCloud,Bilibili,Telegram,Udemy,Hotmart,Pixiv,DeviantArt,ArtStation,Douyin and 1,800+ sites | YouTube,Bilibili,Dailymotion,Facebook,Vimeo,TikTok,Twitch,and many other extractors |
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In their own words
OmniGet
OmniGet is a free, open-source app for downloading video, audio and files from websites, as well as torrents, magnet links and direct files. It supports more than 1,800 sites, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Twitch, Vimeo and Bilibili. Video downloads can reach 4K; audio formats include MP3, M4A, Opus, FLAC and WAV, with subtitles available as SRT or VTT. Playlist, batch and subtitle downloads are supported. OmniGet uses yt-dlp and installs and updates yt-dlp and FFmpeg automatically. Its queue can resume interrupted downloads, retry with backoff and follow channels. The app runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with browser extensions also available. Downloads stay on the user’s computer, and OmniGet reports no telemetry about downloaded content. It can download only content the user’s session can already open; it does not bypass DRM or paywalls. The GPL-3.0 app has no ads, account requirement or paid plan.
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.