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Tartube vs yt-dlp: catalog facts
Tartube	yt-dlp
Free Free and open source.	Free Released into the public domain under the Unlicense; there is nothing to buy.
Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Organizes channels, playlists and videos in a library Checks followed channels for new videos	Supports thousands of sites, listed in the project’s own supportedsites page Fine-grained format selection, subtitle, thumbnail and metadata embedding
Depends on youtube-dl or a compatible downloader GTK interface can look out of place on Windows	Command line only; the graphical tools around it are separate projects Merging separate video and audio streams needs FFmpeg installed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Unlicense
No account 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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