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4KTUBE vs yt-dlp: catalog facts
4KTUBE	yt-dlp
Free Available at no cost from Flathub, Snap, GitHub and the Microsoft Store under a…	Free Released into the public domain under the Unlicense; there is nothing to buy.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Downloads single videos, playlists, audio and subtitles Choice of resolution up to 4K or 8K	Supports thousands of sites, listed in the project’s own supportedsites page Fine-grained format selection, subtitle, thumbnail and metadata embedding
Proprietary licence despite published code No macOS version	Command line only; the graphical tools around it are separate projects Merging separate video and audio streams needs FFmpeg installed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Proprietary	License: Unlicense
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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