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MacX YouTube Downloader Alternatives

MacX YouTube Downloader is described as 'is the best free online video downloader for Mac OS that can help you to free download music and videos from YouTube (VeVo), FaceBook, Dailymoton, Vimeo and other 300 online video sites with fast speed and original quality' and is a youtube downloader in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to MacX YouTube Downloader for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Google Chrome and Firefox. The best alternative is youtube-dl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MacX YouTube Downloader are 4k Video Downloader, yt-dlp, Video DownloadHelper and ClipGrab.

MacX YouTube Downloader alternatives are mainly YouTube Downloaders but may also be Video Downloaders or Video Converters. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of MacX YouTube Downloader.
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  1. YTD icon

    YTD

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    211 alternatives to YTD 

    YTD allows you to download videos from Facebook, DailyMotion, Vimeo, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them to other video formats.

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  2. youtube-dl icon

    youtube-dl

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    235 alternatives to youtube-dl 

    Augmentable with front-ends such as Youtube-DLG , youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and a hundreds other sites.

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    1.  Command line interfaceyoutube-dl either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
    2.  SoundCloud Downloaderyoutube-dl allows you to download audio files from Soundcloud.
    3.  Ad-freeyoutube-dl doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
    4.  No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in youtube-dl without registration.
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  3. 4k Video Downloader icon

    4k Video Downloader

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    253 alternatives to 4k Video Downloader 

    4k Video Downloader allows to download video, audio, subtitles, channels and playlists from YouTube in high quality and to save it on your computer. This program is free for downloading videos and playlists of no more than 25 videos.

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    1.  Command line interface4k Video Downloader either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
    2.  Support for 4K4k Video Downloader supports watching, rendering or exporting 4K content (also know as UHD or Ultra HD).
    3.  Portable4k Video Downloader can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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  4. yt-dlp icon

    yt-dlp

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    225 alternatives to yt-dlp 

    yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

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    1.  Command line interfaceyt-dlp either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
    2.  No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in yt-dlp without registration.
    3.  Lightweightyt-dlp consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
    4.  MP3 Downloaderyt-dlp allows you to download audio files in MP3 format.
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  5. Video DownloadHelper icon

    Video DownloadHelper

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    191 alternatives to Video DownloadHelper 

    DownloadHelper is a tool for web content extraction. Its purpose is to capture video, audio, and image files from many sites.

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    1.  SoundCloud DownloaderVideo DownloadHelper allows you to download audio files from Soundcloud.
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  6. ClipGrab icon

    ClipGrab

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    • Qt
    186 alternatives to ClipGrab 

    ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and many other online video sites.

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    The default Windows installer contains Opencandy. A version with no third-party offers is available in Download options.

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  7. Freemake Video Converter icon

    Freemake Video Converter

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    327 alternatives to Freemake Video Converter 

    Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube.

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    Bundleware

    The installer contains OpenCandy. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

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  8. Youtube Video and Audio Downloader icon

    Youtube Video and Audio Downloader

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    196 alternatives to Youtube Video and Audio Downloader 

    Youtube Video and Audio Downloader is an open-source project, downloading Youtube videos (using Firefox download manager) in all available formats (FLV, MP4, WebM, and 3GP) with video quality of your choice.

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  9. Any Video Converter icon

    Any Video Converter

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    215 alternatives to Any Video Converter 

    AnvSoft Any Video Converter is the most renowned video converter for converting video files between various formats, with fast converting speed and excellent video quality.

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    Pay attention and uncheck SpyHunter (unsafe) under "custom installation" during the software update.

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    Wondershare UniConverter

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    194 alternatives to Wondershare UniConverter 

    Wondershare UniConverter is an all-in-one DVD & Video converter tool and DVD burner for assisting you to convert videos/audios among formats like AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPG etc. even convert video to 3D, burn video files to DVD disc, DVD folder, or ISO files, download...

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