Alternatives to Seal
An Android app that downloads video and audio from websites, built on yt-dlp. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Seal
An Android app that downloads video and audio from websites, built on yt-dlp.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Seal.
YTDLnis
An Android app that downloads audio and video from websites using yt-dlp.
YTDLnis is another yt-dlp based Android downloader for video and audio, but it is not open source, unlike the GPL-3.0 licensed Seal.
MeTube
A self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp that downloads video and audio from YouTube and other sites.
MeTube exposes yt-dlp through a self-hosted web interface reachable from any device's browser, but it requires a server running Docker.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
PipePipe
An open-source Android app for watching YouTube, BiliBili and other video sites without a Google account.
yt-dlp
A command line downloader that saves audio and video from thousands of sites, with precise control over formats.
Just Player
A lightweight open-source Android video player built on Media3, formerly ExoPlayer.
Tubo
A self-hostable web front end that brings the NewPipe streaming experience to the browser.
Materialious
A Material Design front end for YouTube and Invidious on web, desktop, Android and Android TV.
FrostWire
A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app.
