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Media Downloader

Qt/C++ front end to yt-dlp, youtube-dl, gallery-dl, lux, you-get, svtplay-dl, aria2c, wget and safari books.

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  • Linux
  • Flathub
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Media Downloader was added to AlternativeTo by Ituaf on and this page was last updated .

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Easy to understand interface. Serves well as a multipurpose downloading tool. Out of the box, you can use yt-dlp, aria2 and wget. Plugins allow you to add svtplay-dl, gallery-dl, lux, you-get, and safaribooks to the client. Overall, a pretty powerful and useful tool.

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Media Downloader is a front-end for various download programs. The most prominent is “yt-dlp” for Youtube which is added by default and updated automatically. This is one of the few download programs that works really well. In competition with paid similar software, this one definitely wins. Minimalist, no-nonsense design. Improved versions continue to appear anno 2024, so the user experience keeps getting better.

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Install from the command line

  • winget install -e --id FrancisBanyikwa.MediaDownloader
  • flatpak install flathub io.github.mhogomchungu.media-downloader

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is Media Downloader?

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Features offered:

  1. The GUI can be used to download any media from any website supported by installed extensions.

  2. The GUI offers a configurable list of preset options that can be used to download media if they are provided in multiple formats.

  3. The GUI offers the ability to do an unlimited number of concurrent downloads. Be careful with this ability because doing too many concurrent downloads may cause the host to ban you.

  4. The GUI offers the ability to do batch downloads by entering individual links in the UI or telling the app to read them from a local file.

  5. The GUI offers an ability to download a playlist from websites that supports them like YouTube.

  6. The GUI offers the ability to manage links to playlists to easily monitor their activities (subscriptions).

  7. The GUI is offered in multiple languages and as of this writing, the supported languages are English, Chinese, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, French, and Italian.