Youwee vs yt-dlp

Youwee is a free, open-source graphical interface for yt-dlp that downloads and processes online media. It supports more than 1,800 sites, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Bilibili and Youku, with downloads advertised up to 8K. Output formats include MP4, MKV, WebM, MP3, M4A and Opus; playlist, subtitle and batch downloads are supported. Youwee also offers video summaries and natural-language editing powered by Gemini, OpenAI and Ollama. Its subtitle workshop can generate subtitles with Whisper AI, adjust timing on a waveform, translate and correct grammar. Browser extensions for Chromium and Firefox send tasks to the desktop app. The maker also lists signed plugins, a JavaScript SDK, SponsorBlock, Telegram remote downloads, and plugins for Google Drive uploads and notification webhooks. Installers are listed for Windows, macOS and Linux, with browser platforms also listed. The maker describes the software as intended for personal use and says users are responsible for complying with copyright laws and platform terms.

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.