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Watch Later is described as 'Watch your favorite YouTube videos even without the Internet. The easiest way to cache the video and watch it later. It's just two clicks' and is a download manager in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Watch Later for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Firefox. The best alternative is youtube-dl, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Watch Later are Youtube-DLG, 4k Video Downloader, yt-dlp and Video DownloadHelper.

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

    YTD

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • 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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    youtube-dl

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    • PC-BSD
    233 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. Youtube-DLG icon

    Youtube-DLG

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • youtube-dl
    • wxPython
    189 alternatives to Youtube-DLG 

    A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

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    1.  SoundCloud DownloaderYoutube-DLG allows you to download audio files from Soundcloud.
    2.  Ad-freeYoutube-DLG doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
    3.  No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Youtube-DLG without registration.
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  4. 4k Video Downloader icon

    4k Video Downloader

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    • Linux
    251 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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  5. yt-dlp icon

    yt-dlp

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    • BSD
    223 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.
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  6. Video DownloadHelper icon

    Video DownloadHelper

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    190 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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  7. ClipGrab icon

    ClipGrab

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • youtube-dl
    • Qt
    184 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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    Bundleware

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

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  8. Youtube Video and Audio Downloader icon

    Youtube Video and Audio Downloader

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    • Firefox
    195 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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    Freemake Video Converter

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    • Windows
    326 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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    FrostWire

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
    52 alternatives to FrostWire 

    FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire .

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    1.  SoundCloud DownloaderFrostWire allows you to download audio files from Soundcloud.
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    On VirusTotal 26/66 AntiVirus flagged the installer as malicioushttps://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/75b209b3bb747037792b6c7a10a0a123fab23ed4ed17b937c240ddc45ff8f6ee/detection

    Bundleware

    As reported on VirusTotal, the installer contains Opencandy. Be careful during installation. https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/60a309e91ba1039c3527053867e0e210ff2e18628a01acc264d82430e6436889/analysis/

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