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Open Video Downloader vs yt-dlp: catalog facts
Open Video Downloader	yt-dlp
Free Free to download from GitHub.	Free Released into the public domain under the Unlicense; there is nothing to buy.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
No command line needed to use youtube-dl Handles playlists as well as single videos	Supports thousands of sites, listed in the project’s own supportedsites page Fine-grained format selection, subtitle, thumbnail and metadata embedding
Depends on the underlying downloader supporting a given site The research does not state the license terms	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 not stated	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 September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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