Youtube-DLG
A cross-platform GUI using wxPython for the popular tool youtube-dl, Youtube-DLG supports video downloads from YouTube and over 1000 sites, offers video cutting via ffmpeg, and authentication for YouTube. It features a multi-language UI, supports both youtube-dl and yt-dlp, and is open source in the public domain.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- wxPython
The latest version (1.8.5) is from February 2023.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- YouTube Downloader
- Graphical User Interface
- Download YouTube Playlist
- Video Download
- SoundCloud Downloader
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Support for 4K
- Convert YouTube videos to Mp3
- Dark Mode
- Automatic conversion to multiple formats
- Batch conversion
- MP3 Downloader
- Portable
- Convert YouTube videos to Mp4
- Convert video to audio (mp3)
- Point-and-click interface
- Command line interface
Tags
- youtube-converter
Youtube-DLG News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
Maoholguin added Youtube-DLG as alternative to MeTube
franklinjobs617 added Youtube-DLG as alternative to YTShortsDL
TheEmperorArt added Youtube-DLG as alternative to Donemax Video Downloader
TheEmperorArt added Youtube-DLG as alternative to EaseUs Video Downloader
SH20RAJ added Youtube-DLG as alternative to 30tools
yazeedaloyoun added Youtube-DLG as alternative to Video Downloader Pro by PlugMonkey
kiwidget added Youtube-DLG as alternative to Kiwidget
POX added Youtube-DLG as alternative to YTPTube
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What is Youtube-DLG?
Youtube-DLG (youtube-dl-gui, or yt-dlg) is a cross platform front-end GUI of the popular 
youtube-dl (or 
yt-dlp ) written in wxPython. It is open source and licensed in the public domain.
- Cutting out video (
FFmpeg ) - Authentication for Youtube
- Multi-language UI
The original developer, MrS0m30n3, published the first version in 2015; it was discontinued in 2017. Olexis Fraga Menendez has been in continuous development since 2020.
Youtube-DLG information
Developed by
MrS0m30n3Licensing
Open Source (Unlicense) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
214 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
- Arabic
- Czech
- German
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Slovak
- Albanian
- Chinese
AlternativeTo Categories
Audio & Music, Video & Movies, File Sharing, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 2,043 Stars
- 135 Forks
- 86 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
EDIT 2020-09-21: I decided to revisit this app and heard that this project probably isn't being maintained anymore. There is a fork, named TarTube, and I am going to check that out momentarily. https://github.com/axcore/tartube
Tartube
YouTube-dl in its own right is a great application, and Youtube-DLG just makes the experience even better. For those, like myself, who are too lazy to use a command line sometimes, or for those who don't even want to be bothered with it, YouTube-DLG will allow you to reap all the benefits of YouTube-dl in a noob-friendly way.
My only complaint is that sometimes videos just inexplicably fail to download, though whether this is a YouTube-dl, YouTube-DLG, or just YouTube issue is unknown.
[Edited by TerrifiedTyphlosion, April 19] : typo
[Edited by TerrifiedTyphlosion, September 21]
yt-dlg provides downloads for Windows and Linux –– does it run on macOS?
https://oleksis.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/
that's great and awesome. i'm satisfied with it.
useful and novel idea with various experts in each topics that i want
A great GUI for even greater command-line utility youtube-dl which it's using internally to do the actual work. A safe alternative to all those x-downloader websites which are often dangerous and a fraud. Also, it allows much greater control over the downloaded media than downloading websites, it can download videos in various formats, resolutions and it can even download subtitles.
Relatively fast; it can download limitless playlists without the annoying limit by X videos, and one of the best things is that you can use the mp3 —if you convert the videos to that format—while it is still downloading the rest of the playlist. Maybe some kind of choosing what videos inside the playlist in order to not repeat the whole process again would be great.
I even could have downloaded playlists from SoundCloud.
Only a 30ss clip; so useless for SoundCloud.
Just works, and I don't have to deal with the hoards of scummy download sites that for some reason INSIST on using their money to pay for cloud services instead of just letting you download things yourself. Also don't have to deal with scummy Firefox addons that are suspiciously identical and lie about things to try to get you to pay them for anything better than 360p.
In short, thank you.