Software · Internet & communication

ytDownloader

Download videos and audios from hundreds of sites.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: Andrew
Latest version: 4.0.0 (25 August 2026)
Latest activity: 25 August 2026
Source code: github.com/aandrew-me/ytdownloader

Overview

ytDownloader is a video downloading program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: hardware acceleration, playlists and subtitles.

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

Excerpts that establish this information

“Download videos and audios from hundreds of sites” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“✅ Video Compressor with Hardware Acceleration” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“✅ Download playlists” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“✔️ Supports downloading subtitles” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

ytDownloader (Formerly know as Youtube Downloader Plus) lets you download videos and audios of different qualities from hundreds of sites including the popular ones but not limited to Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitter, Twitch and so on. ✔️ Supports high quality video resolutions ✔️ Video Compressor with Hardware Acceleration ✔️ Supports audio extraction in multiple formats ✔️ Supports playlist downloads ✔️ Supports downloading particular ranges ✔️ Supports downloading subtitles ✔️ Supports multiple themes ✔️ Completely free and open source ✔️ Fast download speeds

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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