VidRivo vs yt-dlp

VidRivo is a video and audio downloader for Windows and web browsers. It supports sources across 1,872+ platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, Dailymotion, and Reddit. Downloads can reach 4K, with MP4, WebM, MP3, WAV, and M4A among the available formats. Playlist, subtitle, and batch downloads are supported. The Free plan costs nothing and includes a Windows app download, YouTube and TikTok downloads, and quality up to 1080p in Free mode. The listed Pro plans allow five concurrent downloads and one device per license. VidRivo Pro Monthly costs $10 a month, billed every month; VidRivo Pro Annual costs $24 a year, and the annual plan saves $96 versus monthly. A 30-day free trial is also listed, though no price is given for that plan. The Windows app supports Windows 10 and 11, and browser access is listed for the web. This gives users several formats and download modes, while the Free plan is limited to two named sources and 1080p quality.

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.