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yt-dlp vs yle-dl: catalog facts
yt-dlp	yle-dl
Free Released into the public domain under the Unlicense; there is nothing to buy.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Supports thousands of sites, listed in the project’s own supportedsites page Fine-grained format selection, subtitle, thumbnail and metadata embedding	Downloads from Yle Areena, Elävä Arkisto and Yle news Saves videos as Matroska or MP4
Command line only; the graphical tools around it are separate projects Merging separate video and audio streams needs FFmpeg installed	Requires Python and ffmpeg Podcast downloads also require wget
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Unlicense	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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