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Video-downloader projects on GitHub

Tools for downloading videos from streaming and social media sites.

As of , the most-starred Video-downloader projects on GitHub are youtube-dl (141.3K stars), you-get (56.9K stars) and cobalt (45.1K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 31 Video-downloader repositories with 578.4K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 17 was Ghost-Downloader-3, with +69 stars in a day.

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 17

+69

Ghost-Downloader-3

XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3 · ★ 10K

Ghost Downloader is a cross-platform desktop download manager that handles HTTP, BitTorrent/Magnet, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH and eD2k links, plus video sites like YouTube and Bilibili, all in one app.

+40

Douyin_TikTok_Download_API

Evil0ctal/Douyin_TikTok_Download_API · ★ 20.7K

A self-hosted data API for Douyin and TikTok: it pulls posts, author profiles, comments, search and playlists, downloads videos and image albums without a watermark, and exposes it all through a REST API, an MCP server, a CLI and a web console.

+37

cobalt

imputnet/cobalt · ★ 45.1K

cobalt is a media downloader with no ads, trackers, or paywalls: you paste a link to a video or song, get the file, and move on.

+34

Seal

JunkFood02/Seal · ★ 29.8K

Seal is a free, open-source Android app for downloading videos and audio from any of the video platforms supported by yt-dlp.

The all-time top

31 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · ytdl-org/youtube-dl

    youtube-dl

    youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube and many other video sites.

    141.3K
  2. #2 · soimort/you-get

    you-get

    You-Get is a tiny command-line utility that downloads media contents — videos, audios and images — from the web, for when there is no other handy way to save them.

    56.9K
  3. #3 · imputnet/cobalt

    cobalt

    cobalt is a media downloader with no ads, trackers, or paywalls: you paste a link to a video or song, get the file, and move on.

    45.1K
  1. 4

    lux

    31.8Kiawia002/lux · Go

    Lux is a fast and simple video downloader built with Go — a CLI tool that grabs videos, images and audio from sites like YouTube, bilibili, Douyin, Youku and iQiyi.

  2. 5

    Bilibili-Evolved

    30.8Kthe1812/Bilibili-Evolved · TypeScript

    It's a popular enhancement userscript for Bilibili, the Chinese video site — 30k+ stars on GitHub. It adds a feature panel, a settings panel and an installable component system on top of the site.

  3. 6

    Seal

    29.8KJunkFood02/Seal · Kotlin

    Seal is a free, open-source Android app for downloading videos and audio from any of the video platforms supported by yt-dlp.

  4. 7

    cat-catch

    22.3Kxifangczy/cat-catch · JavaScript

    cat-catch ('Cat Catch') is a browser extension that sniffs out the resources a page loads, filters them into a list, and helps you download media such as m3u8 video streams.

  5. 8

    Douyin_TikTok_Download_API

    20.7KEvil0ctal/Douyin_TikTok_Download_API · Python

    A self-hosted data API for Douyin and TikTok: it pulls posts, author profiles, comments, search and playlists, downloads videos and image albums without a watermark, and exposes it all through a REST API, an MCP server, a CLI and a web console.

  6. 9

    res-downloader

    20.7Kputyy/res-downloader · Go

    A free cross-platform desktop app that sniffs and downloads videos, audio, images, m3u8 streams and live streams from Chinese platforms like WeChat Video, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, Kugou and QQ Music.

  7. 10

    python-spider

    19.8KJack-Cherish/python-spider · Python

    A collection of real-world Python web scraping projects, each targeting a specific Chinese site or app: Taobao, JD, NetEase Music, Bilibili, 12306 train tickets, Douyin, novel sites, manga sites and more.

  8. 11

    TikTokDownloader

    16.9KJoeanAmier/TikTokDownloader · JavaScript

    DouK-Downloader (formerly TikTokDownloader) is a tool for downloading videos, images and live streams from Douyin (Chinese TikTok) and TikTok, and for collecting platform data such as account details, comments and search results.

  9. 12

    N_m3u8DL-CLI

    16.1Knilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI · C#

    It's a free, open-source command-line downloader for m3u8/HLS/DASH video streams, written in C# on .NET Framework. Give it an m3u8 link or a local file and it saves the video as mp4 or ts.

  10. 13

    metube

    15Kalexta69/metube · Python

    MeTube is a self-hosted web UI for yt-dlp, letting you download videos, audio, captions, and thumbnails from YouTube and dozens of other sites through a browser.

  11. 14

    BBDown

    13.9Knilaoda/BBDown · C#

    BBDown is a command-line downloader for Bilibili videos, written in C#.

  12. 15

    pytube

    13.2Kpytube/pytube · Python

    A lightweight, dependency-free Python library and command-line utility for downloading YouTube videos — made for scripting downloads instead of grabbing them by hand.

  13. 16

    FileCentipede

    10.9Kfilecxx/FileCentipede · C++

    FileCentipede is an all-in-one internet upload/download manager that works as a BitTorrent client, WebDAV client, FTP client, and SSH client, with browser integration for grabbing audio/video from web pages.

  14. 17

    reclip

    10.8Kaverygan/reclip · HTML

    ReClip is a self-hosted web app for downloading videos and audio: paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or any of 1000+ supported sites and save it as MP4 or MP3.

  15. 18

    ytdlnis

    10.6Kdeniscerri/ytdlnis · Kotlin

    YTDLnis is a free, open-source Android app that downloads audio and video from YouTube and many other sites using yt-dlp.

  16. 19

    ytDownloader

    10.5Kaandrew-me/ytDownloader · JavaScript

    ytDownloader is a desktop app with a graphical interface for downloading video and audio from the web — no command line needed.

  17. 20

    Ghost-Downloader-3

    10KXiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3 · Python

    Ghost Downloader is a cross-platform desktop download manager that handles HTTP, BitTorrent/Magnet, FTP, M3U8, MPEG-DASH and eD2k links, plus video sites like YouTube and Bilibili, all in one app.

  18. 21

    PipePipe

    7KInfinityLoop1308/PipePipe · Shell

    PipePipe is a free Android app for browsing YouTube and similar services (like BiliBili and NicoNico) without ads or tracking, built as a feature-packed fork of NewPipe.

  19. 22

    streambert

    6.3Ktruelockmc/streambert · JavaScript

    Streambert is a cross-platform Electron desktop app that lets you stream and download movies, TV series, and anime for free, with no ads or tracking.

  20. 23

    Telegram-Media-Downloader

    6.1KNeet-Nestor/Telegram-Media-Downloader · JavaScript

    A userscript that restores the download button for images, GIFs, audios and videos on Telegram Web when a chat or channel has disabled content saving.

  21. 24

    yoinks

    6Kpablostanley/yoinks · TypeScript

    yoinks is a terminal tool that downloads videos from YouTube, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and 1,800+ other sites — just paste a url and pick a resolution or audio-only mp3.

  22. 25

    ISpotify

    1.9KRubinLabs26/ISpotify · Python

    iSpotify is a local-first desktop app for Windows and Linux that lets you search for songs and playlists, download them as MP3s, and play your library back offline.

  23. 26

    maxurl

    1.6Kqsniyg/maxurl · JavaScript

    Image Max URL (maxurl) is a tool that finds larger or original versions of images and videos, usually by rewriting their URLs. It has built-in support for over 10,000 specific sites plus generic engines like WordPress and MediaWiki.

  24. 27

    downvid

    1KDownvid/downvid · TypeScript

    DownVid is a modern, cross-platform open-source desktop app for downloading videos and audio from YouTube, Bilibili, Douyin, TikTok and 1000+ other sites, without watermarks or ads.

  25. 28

    Instagram-Downloader

    441hoaianle/Instagram-Downloader · JavaScript

    A Chrome extension that downloads photos and videos from Instagram posts, TV, reels, stories, and highlights directly from the page you're viewing.

  26. 29

    vdl

    327engatec/vdl · Java

    VDL is a cross-platform desktop application that puts a graphical interface on yt-dlp, so you can download videos from YouTube and many other supported sites without touching the command line.

  27. 30

    streamfirefly

    286rumoii/streamfirefly · JavaScript

    StreamFirefly (流萤) is a local-first tool for finding and downloading media on web pages. A browser extension detects videos, audio, images and HLS/DASH manifests, while a Rust-based Windows native helper handles the actual downloading, queuing, resuming and FFmpeg merging; tasks and settings stay on your machine.

  28. 31

    linksift

    123loveisbl1nd/linksift · Python

    LinkSift is a local-first, self-hosted web app that lets you paste any yt-dlp-supported URL, inspect its metadata, and queue it for download as MP4 video or MP3 audio using ffmpeg.

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