Ultimate Media Downloader

Overview

Ultimate Media Downloader is a video downloading program, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: playlists.

File formats mentioned: MP4, MKV, WEBM, MP3, FLAC, OPUS and M4A.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

All of Ultimate Media Downloader is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

About

Ultimate Media Downloader is a fast and open source YouTube downloader for Linux and a video downloader for more than 1500 other websites. It saves videos, playlists, channels, live streams and music from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), Reddit, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitch, Kick, Dailymotion, Rumble, Odysee, Bilibili, Bandcamp, Mixcloud, Pinterest, Tumblr, Streamable and the Internet Archive. Copy a link from Chrome, Firefox or any browser, paste it, pick a preset and download. Why choose Ultimate Media Downloader? YouTube video downloader: save videos as MP4, MKV or WEBM in any quality from 144p and 720p HD to 1080p Full HD, 4K and 8K, including 60 fps YouTube to MP3 converter, MP3 downloader and music downloader: download YouTube Music songs, albums and playlists, and extract audio as MP3 at 128 to 320 kbps, M4A, Opus or lossless FLAC with tags and cover art YouTube playlist downloader and channel downloader: list an entire playlist or channel in seconds and pick exactly the items you want YouTube Shorts, live streams and premieres: download Shorts, record a live stream while it runs and grab the VOD afterwards Batch downloader and download manager: queue many links, download them all at once, watch progress and open finished files from the download library Subtitles and closed captions: download or embed subtitles in the languages a video offers, including auto-generated captions, as SRT, VTT or ASS Sign-in required, private, members-only and age-restricted videos: log in once with your Google account in the built-in Chromium-based browser and download what your account can watch YouTube search built in: find videos and playlists inside the app and play them without ads Custom format selector: choose the exact resolution, codec, container and bitrate when a preset is not enough Dark theme, drag and drop, clipboard link detection and a download engine that updates itself so website changes are handled quickly More than a YouTube downloader Social video downloader: Facebook video downloader, Instagram Reels and video downloader, TikTok downloader, X (Twitter) video downloader, Reddit video downloader with audio, Pinterest and Tumblr Streaming and live: Twitch VOD and clip downloader, Kick, Dailymotion, Rumble, Odysee, Bilibili, Streamable and live stream recording Music and podcasts: SoundCloud downloader, Bandcamp, Mixcloud and podcast downloader, saved as MP3, M4A, Opus or FLAC

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)