You-Get
An open-source command-line tool that downloads videos, audio and images from web pages.
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Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install you-get
About You-Get
You-Get is a Python command-line utility that scrapes media from websites. Point it at a page URL and it downloads the video, audio or images it finds. Site-specific extractors cover many popular video sites.
It installs as a Python package and runs anywhere Python 3 does. Shell completion and a zsh plugin are included. It suits people comfortable in a terminal who want a scriptable way to save media from the web.
Strengths
- Simple one-command downloads from a page URL
- Scriptable and cross-platform
- Open source
Limitations
- Command line only
- Requires Python 3
- Extractors can break when sites change
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Mort Yao and the You-Get contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Terminal users who want to save media from web pages
- Categories
- Video editing, CLI tools, Download managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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