Seal
An Android app that downloads video and audio from websites, built on yt-dlp.
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About Seal
Seal is an Android front end for yt-dlp, the command-line downloader that supports a large number of video sites. You paste or share a link into the app and it saves the video, or only the audio, to your phone.
It suits people who want yt-dlp's site coverage on a phone without using a terminal. The project is developed in the open on GitHub, where it has a large following and an extensive commit history, and the interface is translated into many languages.
Strengths
- Uses yt-dlp, so it works with many video sites
- Can save audio only as well as full video
- Translated into many languages
- Actively developed open-source project
Limitations
- Android only
- Not distributed through Google Play according to the research
- Site support depends on yt-dlp keeping up with site changes
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- JunkFood02
- Platforms
- Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Saving online videos or audio directly to an Android phone
- Categories
- Video editing, Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Seal
Compare allSoftware that can replace Seal for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
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.
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Tubo
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FrostWire
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