SSvid vs yt-dlp

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.

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.