yt-dlp

<!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION --> <div align="center"> </div> <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION --> yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. <!-- MANPAGE: MOVE "USAGE AND OPTIONS" SECTION HERE --> <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION --> * INSTALLATION * Detailed instructions * Release Files * Update * Dependencies * Compile * USAGE AND OPTIONS * General Options * Network Options * Geo-restriction * Video Selection * Download Options * Filesystem Options * Thumbnail Options * Internet Shortcut Options * Verbosity and Simulation Options * Workarounds * Video Format Options * Subtitle Options * Authentication Options * Post-processing Options * SponsorBlock Options * Extractor Options * Preset Aliases * CONFIGURATION * Configuration file encoding * Authentication with netrc * Notes about environment variables * OUTPUT TEMPLATE * Output template examples * FORMAT SELECTION * Filtering Formats * Sorting Formats * Format Selection examples * MODIFYING METADATA * Modifying metadata examples * EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS * PLUGINS * Installing Plugins * Developing Plugins * EMBEDDING YT-DLP * Embedding examples * CHANGES FROM YOUTUBE-DL * New features * Differences in default behavior * Deprecated options * CONTRIBUTING * Opening an Issue * Developer Instructions * WIKI * FAQ <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION --> INSTALLATION <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION --> <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION --> You can install yt-dlp using the binaries, pip or one using a third-party package manager. See the wiki for detailed instructions <!-- MANPAGE: BEGIN EXCLUDED SECTION --> RELEASE FILES Recommended File|Description :---|:--- yt-dlp|Platform-independent zipimport binary. Needs Python (recommended for **Linux/BSD**) yt-dlp.exe|Windows (Win8+) standalone x64 binary (recommended for **Windows**) yt-dlp_macos|Universal MacOS (10.15+) standalone executable (recommended for **MacOS**) Alternatives File|Description :---|:--- yt-dlp_linux|Linux (glibc 2.17+) standalone x86_64 binary yt-dlp_linux.zip|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.17+) x86_64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_linux_aarch64|Linux (glibc 2.17+) standalone aarch64 binary yt-dlp_linux_aarch64.zip|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.17+) aarch64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_linux_armv7l.zip|Unpackaged Linux (glibc 2.31+) armv7l executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_musllinux|Linux (musl 1.2+) standalone x86_64 binary yt-dlp_musllinux.zip|Unpackaged Linux (musl 1.2+) x86_64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64|Linux (musl 1.2+) standalone aarch64 binary yt-dlp_musllinux_aarch64.zip|Unpackaged Linux (musl 1.2+) aarch64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_x86.exe|Windows (Win8+) standalone x86 (32-bit) binary yt-dlp_win_x86.zip|Unpackaged Windows (Win8+) x86 (32-bit) executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_arm64.exe|Windows (Win10+) standalone ARM64 binary yt-dlp_win_arm64.zip|Unpackaged Windows (Win10+) ARM64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_win.zip|Unpackaged Windows (Win8+) x64 executable (no auto-update) yt-dlp_macos.zip|Unpackaged MacOS (10.15+) executable (no auto-update) Misc File|Description :---|:--- yt-dlp.tar.gz|Source tarball SHA2-512SUMS|GNU-style SHA512 sums SHA2-512SUMS.sig|GPG signature file for SHA512 sums SHA2-256SUMS|GNU-style SHA256 sums SHA2-256SUMS.sig|GPG signature file for SHA256 sums The public key that can be used to verify the GPG signatures is available here Example usage: Licensing While yt-dlp is licensed under the Unlicense, many of the release files contain code from other projects with different licenses. Most notably, the PyInstaller-bundled executables include GPLv3+ licensed code, and as such the combined work is licensed under GPLv3+. The zipimport Unix executable (`yt-dlp`) and release tarball (`yt-dlp.tar.gz`) contain ISC licensed code from `meriyah` and MIT licensed code from `astring`. See THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt for more details. The git repository, the PyPI source distribution and the PyPI built distribution (wheel) only contain code licensed under the Unlicense. <!-- MANPAGE: END EXCLUDED SECTION --> **Note**: The manpages, shell completion (autocomplete) files etc. are available inside the source tarball UPDATE You can use `yt-