Youtube-DLG icon
Youtube-DLG icon

Youtube-DLG

 188 likes

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.

Main Window

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • wxPython
4.8 / 5 Avg rating (17)
188 likes
14comments
0 news articles

Features

Suggest and vote on features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  YouTube Downloader
  2.  Graphical User Interface
  3.  Download YouTube Playlist
  4.  Video Download
  5.  SoundCloud Downloader
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Support for 4K
  9.  Automatic conversion to multiple formats
  10.  Dark Mode
  11.  Batch conversion
  12.  MP3 Downloader
  13.  Convert YouTube videos to Mp3
  14.  Portable
  15.  Convert video to audio (mp3)
  16.  Convert YouTube videos to Mp4
  17.  Point-and-click interface
  18.  Command line interface

Youtube-DLG News & Activities

Highlights All activities

Recent News

No news, maybe you know any news worth sharing?
Share a News Tip

Recent activities

Show all activities

Youtube-DLG information

  • Developed by

    MrS0m30n3
  • Licensing

    Open Source (Unlicense) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8 (17 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    209 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Arabic
    • Czech
    • German
    • Spanish
    • French
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Slovak
    • Albanian
    • Chinese

AlternativeTo Categories

Audio & MusicVideo & MoviesOS & UtilitiesFile Sharing

GitHub repository

  •  1,822 Stars
  •  121 Forks
  •  79 Open Issues
  •   Updated Aug 15, 2024 
View on GitHub

Our users have written 14 comments and reviews about Youtube-DLG, and it has gotten 188 likes

Youtube-DLG was added to AlternativeTo by cpfotiadis on Mar 26, 2014 and this page was last updated Jun 22, 2023. Youtube-DLG is sometimes referred to as YoutubeDLG, Youtube DLG.

Comments and Reviews

   
 Post comment/review
Comment summary: Youtube-DLG is praised for its ease of use, making it a favorable alternative to unreliable online download sites. Users appreciate its ability to bypass ad-filled platforms, convert videos efficiently, and offer a safe downloading experience. The tool leverages youtube-dl to provide GUI support for those unfamiliar with command lines. However, there are concerns about the app's maintenance status, with one user noting the existence of a fork named TarTube. The open-source nature and lack of ads are other highlights.
TerrifiedTyphlosion
  
Top positive commentNov 9, 2018

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 icon 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]

11
Duncan Briggs
CommentJan 15, 2024

yt-dlg provides downloads for Windows and Linux –– does it run on macOS?

https://oleksis.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/

1
Guest
CommentMar 9, 2021

that's great and awesome. i'm satisfied with it.

-1
Guest
CommentMar 9, 2021

useful and novel idea with various experts in each topics that i want

-1
Dawid Ferenczy
  
Positive commentAug 28, 2020

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.

1
Salvador
  
Positive commentAug 20, 2020

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.

2 replies
Salvador

I even could have downloaded playlists from SoundCloud.

Reply written Aug 23, 2020

If this reply contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.
Salvador

Only a 30ss clip; so useless for SoundCloud.

Reply written Aug 24, 2020

If this reply contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.
0
Aeroz
  
Positive commentJun 15, 2020

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.

0
Show more comments
7 of 14 comments

What is Youtube-DLG?

Youtube-DLG (youtube-dl-gui, or yt-dlg) is a cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl icon youtube-dl (or yt-dlp icon yt-dlp ) written in wxPython. It is open source and licensed in the public domain.

  • Cutting out video ( FFmpeg icon 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.

Official Links