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Open Video Downloader vs youtube-dl-gui: catalog facts
Open Video Downloader	youtube-dl-gui
Free Free to download from GitHub.	Free Free to download and use from GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
No command line needed to use youtube-dl Handles playlists as well as single videos	Graphical interface for yt-dlp and youtube-dl Queue for downloading several videos in one go
Depends on the underlying downloader supporting a given site The research does not state the license terms	Depends on yt-dlp or youtube-dl to keep working with sites Fork of an older project, so parts of the interface are dated
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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 24, 2026

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