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VideoCacheView vs MediaGo: catalog facts
VideoCacheViewMediaGo
Free

Freeware from NirSoft, free to use and redistribute unmodified.

Free

The project describes MediaGo as free and provides a free MIT-licensed release.

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted, Browser extension
  • Scans several browsers' caches in one pass
  • Copies cached videos out for later playback
  • Detects video resources on web pages and supports over a thousand sites through yt-dlp.
  • Converts downloaded videos to other formats and includes a video player.
  • Cannot merge YouTube's separate video and audio streams
  • Firefox must be closed before its cache is written to disk
  • The project says it is for learning and research purposes and prohibits commercial or illegal use.
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Browser extension
Closed source Open source
License: Freeware License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 4, 2026

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