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.

yt-dlp is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other sites that don't provide direct links to the videos served.

yt-dlp allows the user, among other things, to choose a specific video quality to download (if available) or let the program automatically determine the best (or worst) quality video to grab. It supports downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.

Currently supported sites (or features of sites) are:

17live, 1tv, 20min, 23video, 247sports, 24video, 3qsdn, 3sat, 4tube, 56.com, 6play, 7plus, 8tracks, 91porn, 9c9media, 9gag, 9now.com.au, abc.net.au, abcnews, abcotvs, AbemaTV, AbemaTVTitle, acast, ADN, AdobeConnect, adobetv, AdultSwim, aenetworks, afreecatv, AirMozilla, AliExpressLive, AlJazeera, Allocine, AlphaPorno, Alsace20TV, Alsace20TVEmbed, Alura, AluraCourse, Amara, AmazonStore, AMCNetworks, AmericasTestKitchen, AmericasTestKitchenSeason, AmHistoryChannel, anderetijden, AnimalPlanet, AnimeLab, AnimeLabShows, AnimeOnDemand, Anvato, aol.com, APA, Aparat, AppleConnect, AppleDaily, ApplePodcasts, appletrailers, archive.org, ArcPublishing, ARD, ARDBetaMediathek, Arkena, arte.sky.it, ArteTV, ArteTVCategory, ArteTVEmbed, ArteTVPlaylist, AsianCrush, AsianCrushPlaylist, AtresPlayer, ATTTechChannel, ATVAt, AudiMedia, AudioBoom, audiomack, Audius, AWAAN, AZMedien, BaiduVideo, BanBye, BanByeChannel, bandaichannel, Bandcamp, bangumi.bilibili.com, BannedVideo, bbc, bbc.co.uk, BBVTV, Beatport, Beeg, BehindKink, Bellator, BellMedia, Bet, bfmtv, BibelTV, Bigflix, Bigo, Bild, BiliBili, Bilibili category extractor, BilibiliAudio, BilibiliAudioAlbum, BilibiliChannel, BiliBiliPlayer, BiliBiliSearch, BiliIntl, BiliIntlSeries, BioBioChileTV, Biography, BIQLE, BitChute, BitChuteChannel, BlackboardCollaborate, BleacherReport, BleacherReportCMS, blogger.com, Bloomberg, BokeCC, BongaCams, BostonGlobe, Box, Bpb, BR, BravoTV, Break, BreitBart, BRMediathek, BusinessInsider, BuzzFeed, BYUtv, CableAV, Callin, Caltrans, CAM4, Camdemy, CamdemyFolder, CamModels, CamWithHer, CanalAlpha, canalc2.tv, Canalplus, Canvas, CanvasEen, CarambaTV, CarambaTVPage, CartoonNetwork, cbc.ca, CBS, CBSInteractive, CBSLocal, CBSLocalArticle, cbsnews, cbssports, CCMA, CCTV, CDA, CeskaTelevize, CGTN, channel9, CharlieRose, Chaturbate, Chilloutzone, Chingari, ChingariUser, chirbit, cielotv.it, Cinchcast, Cinemax, CiscoLiveSearch, CiscoLiveSession, ciscowebex, CJSW, cliphunter, Clippit, ClipRs, Clipsyndicate, CloserToTruth, CloudflareStream, Cloudy, Clubic, Clyp, cmt.com, CNBC, CNBCVideo, CNN, CNNArticle, CNNBlogs, ComedyCentral, ComedyCentralTV, CondeNast, CONtv, CookingChannel, Corus, Coub, CozyTV, cp24, cpac, Cracked, Crackle, Craftsy, CrooksAndLiars, CrowdBunker, CrowdBunkerChannel, crunchyroll, CSpan, CSpanCongress, CtsNews, CTV, CTVNews, cu.ntv.co.jp, CultureUnplugged, curiositystream, CWTV, Cybrary, CybraryCourse, Daftsex, DagelijkseKost, DailyMail, dailymotion, daum.net, DBTV, DctpTv, DeezerAlbum, DeezerPlaylist, defense.gouv.fr, democracynow, DestinationAmerica, DHM, Digg, DigitalConcertHall, DigitallySpeaking, Digiteka, Discovery, DiscoveryLife, DiscoveryNetworksDe, DiscoveryPlus, DiscoveryPlusIndia, DiscoveryPlusIndiaShow, DiscoveryPlusItaly, DiscoveryPlusItalyShow, Disney, DIYNetwork, DoodStream, Dotsub, Douyin, DouyuShow, DouyuTV, DPlay, DRBonanza, Drooble, Dropbox, Dropout, DropoutSeason, DrTuber, drtv, DTube, duboku, Dumpert, dvtv, dw, EaglePlatform, EbaumsWorld, EchoMsk, ehftv, eHow, EinsUndEinsTV, Einthusan, eitb.tv, EllenTube, EllenTubePlaylist, EllenTubeVideo, Elonet, ElPais, Embedly, EMPFlix, Engadget, Epicon, EpiconSeries, Eporner, EroProfile, ertflix, Escapist, ESPN, ESPNArticle, ESPNCricInfo, EsriVideo, Europa, EuropeanTour, EUScreen, EWETV, ExpoTV, Expressen, ExtremeTube, EyedoTV, facebook, FacebookPluginsVideo, faz.net, fc2, Fczenit, Filmmodu, filmon, Filmweb, FiveThirtyEight, FiveTV, Flickr, Folketinget, FoodNetwork, FootyRoom, Formula1, FOX, FOX9, FOX9News, Foxgay, foxnews, FoxSports, fptplay, FranceCulture, FranceInter, FranceTV, francetvinfo.fr, FranceTVSite, Freesound, freespeech.org, FrontendMasters, FrontendMastersCourse, FrontendMastersLesson, FujiTVFODPlus7, Funimation, Funk, Fusion, Fux, Gab, GabTV, Gaia, GameInformer, GameJolt, GameJoltCommunity, GameJoltGame, GameJoltGameSoundtrack, GameJoltSearch, GameJoltUser, GameSpot, GameStar, Gaskrank, Gazeta, GDCVault, GediDigital, gem.cbc.ca, generic, Gettr, GettrStreaming, Gfycat, GiantBomb, Giga, GlattvisionTV, Glide, Globo, GloboArticle, glomex, Go, GoDiscovery, GodTube, Gofile, Golem, GoogleDrive, GoPro, Goshgay, GoToStage, GPUTechConf, Gronkh, Groupon, hbo, HearThisAt, Heise, HellPorno, Helsinki, HentaiStigma, hetklokhuis, HGTVDe, HGTVUsa, HiDive, HistoricFilms, hitbox, HitRecord, hketv, HotNewHipHop, hotstar, Howcast, HowStuffWorks, hrfernsehen, HRTi, HRTiPlaylist, HSEProduct, HSEShow, Huajiao, HuffPost, Hungama, HungamaAlbumPlaylist, HungamaSong, Hypem, ign.com, IGNArticle, IGNVideo, IHeartRadio, imdb, Imgur, Ina, Inc, IndavideoEmbed, InfoQ, Instagram, InstagramIOS, Internazionale, InternetVideoArchive, InvestigationDiscovery, IPrima, IPrimaCNN, iq.com, iqiyi, ITProTV, ITProTVCourse, ITTF, ITV, ITVBTCC, ivi, ivideon, Iwara, Izlesene, Jable, JablePlaylist, Jamendo, JamendoAlbum, JeuxVideo, Joj, Jove, JWPlatform, Kakao, Kaltura, Karaoketv, KarriereVideos, Katsomo, KeezMovies, KelbyOne, Ketnet, khanacademy, KickStarter, KinjaEmbed, KinoPoisk, KonserthusetPlay, Koo, KrasView, Ku6, KUSI, la7.it, laola1tv, LastFM, LastFMPlaylist, LastFMUser, lbry, LCI, Lcp, LcpPlay, Le, Lecture2Go, Lecturio, LecturioCourse, LecturioDeCourse, LEGO, Lemonde, Lenta, LePlaylist, LetvCloud, Libsyn, life, limelight, LineLive, LineLiveChannel, LinkedIn, LinuxAcademy, LiTV, LiveJournal, livestream, Lnk, LnkGo, loc, LocalNews8, LoveHomePorn, lrt.lt, lynda, m6, MagentaMusik360, mailru, MainStreaming, MallTV, MangoTV, ManotoTV, ManotoTVLive, ManotoTVShow, ManyVids, MaoriTV, Markiza, MarkizaPage, massengeschmack.tv, MatchTV, MDR, MedalTV, media.ccc.de, Mediaite, MediaKlikk, Medialaan, Mediaset, MediasetShow, Mediasite, MediasiteCatalog, MediasiteNamedCatalog, Medici, megaphone.fm, megatvcom, Meipai, MelonVOD, META, metacafe, Metacritic, mewatch, Mgoon, MiaoPai, microsoftstream, mildom, minds, MinistryGrid, Minoto, miomio.tv, mirrativ, MiTele, mixch, mixcloud, MLB, MLBVideo, MLSSoccer, Mnet, MNetTV, MoeVideo, Mofosex, MofosexEmbed, Mojvideo, Morningstar, Motherless, MotherlessGroup, Motorsport, MovieClips, MovieFap, Moviepilot, Moviezine, MovingImage, MSN, mtg, mtv, mtv.de, mtv.it, mtvjapan, MTVUutisetArticle, MuenchenTV, Murrtube, MurrtubeUser, MuseScore, MusicdexAlbum, MusicdexArtist, MusicdexPlaylist, MusicdexSong, mva, Mwave, MwaveMeetGreet, Mxplayer, MxplayerShow, MyChannels, MySpace, MySpass, Myvi, MyVideoGe, MyVidster, MyviEmbed, n-tv.de, N1InfoAsset, Nate, NateProgram, NationalGeographicTV, Naver, NBA, NBAChannel, NBAEmbed, NBAWatchEmbed, NBC, NBCNews, nbcolympics, NBCSports, NBCSportsStream, NBCSportsVPlayer, ndr, NDTV, Nebula, NerdCubedFeed, NetPlus, Netzkino, Newgrounds, Newstube, Newsy, NextMedia, NextMediaActionNews, NextTV, Nexx, NexxEmbed, NFB, NFHSNetwork, nfl.com, NhkForSchoolBangumi, NhkForSchoolProgramList, NhkForSchoolSubject, NhkVod, NhkVodProgram, nhl.com, nick.com, nick.de, nickelodeonru, nicknight, niconico, NiconicoUser, Nintendo, Nitter, njoy, NJPWWorld, NobelPrize, NonkTube, NoodleMagazine, Noovo, Normalboots, NosVideo, Nova, NovaEmbed, NovaPlay, nowness, Noz, npo, Npr, NRK, NRKPlaylist, NRKRadioPodkast, NRKSkole, NRKTV, NRKTVDirekte, NRKTVEpisode, NRKTVEpisodes, NRKTVSeason, NRKTVSeries, NRLTV, ntv.ru, Nuvid, NYTimes, NYTimesArticle, NYTimesCooking, nzherald, NZZ, ocw.mit.edu, OdaTV, Odnoklassniki, OktoberfestTV, OlympicsReplay, on24, OnDemandKorea, OneFootball, onet.pl, onet.tv, OnetMVP, OnionStudios, Ooyala, OoyalaExternal, Opencast, OpencastPlaylist, openrec, OraTV, OsnatelTV, OutsideTV, PacktPub, PacktPubCourse, pandora.tv, Panopto, PanoptoList, PanoptoPlaylist, ParamountNetwork, ParamountPlus, ParamountPlusSeries, parliamentlive.tv, Parlview, Patreon, PatreonUser, pbs, PearVideo, PeekVids, peer.tv, PeerTube, peloton, People, PerformGroup, periscope, PhilharmonieDeParis, phoenix.de, Photobucket, Piapro, Picarto, PicartoVod, Piksel, Pinkbike, Pinterest, PinterestCollection, Pladform, PlanetMarathi, Platzi, PlatziCourse, play.fm, player.sky.it, PlayPlusTV, PlayStuff, PlaysTV, Playtvak, Playvid, PlayVids, Playwire, pluralsight, PlutoTV, podomatic, Pokemon, PokemonSoundLibrary, PokemonWatch, PokerGo, PokerGoCollection, PolsatGo, PolskieRadio, PolskieRadioCategory, Popcorntimes, PopcornTV, PornCom, PornerBros, Pornez, PornFlip, PornHd, PornHub, PornHubPagedVideoList, PornHubPlaylist, PornHubUser, PornHubUserVideosUpload, Pornotube, PornoVoisines, PornoXO, PornTube, PressTV, ProjectVeritas, prosiebensat1, PRXAccount, PRXSeries, PRXStory, puhutv, Puls4, Pyvideo, qqmusic, QuantumTV, Qub, R7, R7Article, Radiko, RadikoRadio, radio.de, radiobremen, radiocanada, radiofrance, RadioJavan, radiokapital, RadioZetPodcast, radlive, Rai, RaiPlay, RaiPlayLive, RaiPlayPlaylist, RaiPlaySound, RaiPlaySoundLive, RaiPlaySoundPlaylist, RayWenderlich, RayWenderlichCourse, RBMARadio, RCS, RCSEmbeds, RCSVarious, RCTIPlus, RCTIPlusSeries, RCTIPlusTV, RDS, RedBull, RedBullEmbed, RedBullTV, RedBullTVRrnContent, Reddit, RedGifs, RedGifsSearch, RedGifsUser, RedTube, RegioTV, RENTV, RENTVArticle, Restudy, Reuters, ReverbNation, RICE, RMCDecouverte, RockstarGames, Rokfin, RoosterTeeth, RoosterTeethSeries, RottenTomatoes, Rozhlas, RTBF, RTDocumentry, RTDocumentryPlaylist, rte, rtl.nl, rtl2, RTNews, RTP, RTRFM, RTS, RTVNH, RTVS, RUHD, Rule34Video, RumbleChannel, RumbleEmbed, Ruptly, rutube, RUTV, Ruutu, Ruv, safari, Saitosan, SAKTV, SaltTV, SampleFocus, Sapo, savefrom.net, SBS, schooltv, ScienceChannel, Screencast, ScreencastOMatic, ScrippsNetworks, SCTE, SCTECourse, Seeker, SenateGov, SenateISVP, SendtoNews, Servus, Sexu, SeznamZpravy, SeznamZpravyArticle, Shahid, ShahidShow, Shared, ShemarooMe, ShowRoomLive, simplecast, Sina, Skeb, sky.it, skyacademy.it, SkylineWebcams, SkyNewsAU, Slideshare, SlidesLive, Slutload, Snotr, Sohu, SonyLIV, SonyLIVSeries, soundcloud, SoundcloudEmbed, soundgasm, southpark.cc.com, southpark.de, southpark.nl, southparkstudios.dk, SovietsCloset, SovietsClosetPlaylist, SpankBang, SpankBangPlaylist, Spankwire, Spiegel, Sport5, SportBox, SportDeutschland, spotify, Spreaker, SpreakerPage, SpreakerShow, SpreakerShowPage, SpringboardPlatform, Sprout, SRGSSR, SRGSSRPlay, stanfordoc, startv, Steam, Stitcher, StitcherShow, StoryFire, StoryFireSeries, StoryFireUser, Streamable, Streamanity, streamcloud.eu, StreamCZ, StreamFF, StreetVoice, StretchInternet, Stripchat, SunPorno, SVT, SVTPage, SVTPlay, SVTSeries, SWRMediathek, Syfy, SztvHu, t-online.de, Tagesschau, Tass, TBS, TDSLifeway, Teachable, TeachableCourse, teachertube, TeachingChannel, Teamcoco, TeamTreeHouse, TechTalks, techtv.mit.edu, TedEmbed, TedPlaylist, TedSeries, TedTalk, Tele13, Tele5, TeleBruxelles, Telecinco, Telegraaf, TeleMB, Telemundo, TeleQuebec, TeleQuebecEmission, TeleQuebecLive, TeleQuebecSquat, TeleQuebecVideo, TeleTask, Telewebion, TennisTV, TenPlay, TF1, TFO, TheIntercept, ThePlatform, ThePlatformFeed, TheStar, TheSun, ThetaStream, ThetaVideo, TheWeatherChannel, ThisAmericanLife, ThisAV, ThisOldHouse, ThreeSpeak, ThreeSpeakUser, TikTok, tinypic, TLC, TMZ, TNAFlix, TNAFlixNetworkEmbed, toggle, toggo, Tokentube, ToonGoggles, tou.tv, Toypics, ToypicsUser, TrailerAddict, TravelChannel, Trilulilu, Trovo, TrovoChannelClip, TrovoChannelVod, TrovoVod, TrueID, TruNews, TruTV, Tube8, TubiTv, TubiTvShow, Tumblr, TunePk, Turbo, tv.dfb.de, TV2, TV2Article, TV2DK, TV2DKBornholmPlay, tv2play.hu, tv2playseries.hu, TV4, TV5MondePlus, tv5unis, tv8.it, TVA, TVANouvelles, TVANouvellesArticle, TVC, TVCArticle, TVer, tvigle, tvland.com, TVN24, TVNet, TVNoe, TVNow, TVNowAnnual, TVNowFilm, TVNowNew, TVNowSeason, TVNowShow, tvp, TVPlayer, TVPlayHome, Tweakers, TwitCasting, TwitCastingLive, TwitCastingUser, TwitchCollection, TwitchVideos, TwitchVideosClips, TwitchVideosCollections, twitter, udemy, UDNEmbed, UFCArabia, UFCTV, ukcolumn, UKTVPlay, Unistra, Unity, uol.com.br, uplynk, Urort, URPlay, USANetwork, USAToday, ustream, ustudio, Utreon, Varzesh3, Vbox7, VeeHD, Veo, Veoh, Vesti, Vevo, VevoPlaylist, VGTV, vh1.com, Viafree, vice, Vidbit, Viddler, Videa, video.arnes.si, video.sky.it, VideocampusSachsen, VideocampusSachsenEmbed, VideoDetective, videofy.me, videomore, VideoPress, Vidio, VidioLive, VidioPremier, VidLii, vier, viewlift, Viidea, viki, vimeo, Vimple, Vine, Viqeo, Viu, Vivo, vk, vlive, vm.tiktok, Vodlocker, VODPl, VODPlatform, VoiceRepublic, voicy, Voot, VootSeries, VoxMedia, VoxMediaVolume, vpro, Vrak, VRT, VrtNU, vrv, VShare, VTM, VTXTV, VuClip, Vupload, VVVVID, VVVVIDShow, VyboryMos, Vzaar, Wakanim, Walla, WalyTV, washingtonpost, wat.tv, WatchBox, WatchIndianPorn, WDR, WDRElefant, WDRPage, Webcaster, WebcasterFeed, WebOfStories, WebOfStoriesPlaylist, Weibo, WeiboMobile, WeiqiTV, whowatch, Willow, WimTV, Wistia, WistiaPlaylist, wnl, WorldStarHipHop, wppilot, WSJ, WSJArticle, WWE, XBef, XboxClips, XFileShare, XHamster, XHamsterEmbed, XHamsterUser, ximalaya, xinpianchang, XMinus, XNXX, Xstream, XTube, XTubeUser, Xuite, XVideos, XXXYMovies, Yahoo, YandexDisk, YandexVideo, YandexVideoPreview, YapFiles, YesJapan, Ynet, YouJizz, youku, YouNowChannel, YouNowLive, YouNowMoment, YouPorn, YourPorn, YourUpload, youtube, YoutubeLivestreamEmbed, YoutubeYtBe, Zapiks, Zattoo, ZattooLive, ZattooMovies, ZattooRecordings, ZDF, ZDFChannel, Zee5, ZenYandex, ZenYandexChannel, Zhihu, zingmp3, zoom, Zype,