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Open Video Downloader vs Media Downloader: catalog facts
Open Video Downloader	Media Downloader
Free Free to download from GitHub.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
No command line needed to use youtube-dl Handles playlists as well as single videos	Wraps yt-dlp and other command-line backends with configurable presets.
Depends on the underlying downloader supporting a given site The research does not state the license terms	Website support depends on the installed download backends.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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