I tried some of the many YouTube downloaders - Here's my breakdown...
8 Agosto 2024 at 13:03
I did a quick evaluation of the various YouTube downloaders that I have seen recommended here, apologies if I missed any or made any mistakes.
Note: This is a matted of personal opinion.
General Recommendations:
- Modern Feel: PinchFlat
- Full Channels: TubeArchivist
- Minimalist: ChannelTube
- Single Downloads: Metube
Detailed Comparison
Feature | PinchFlat | TubeArchivist | TubeSync | ChannelTube | YoutubeDL-Material | ytdl-sub-gui |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simple/Nice UI | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Lightweight and Quick | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Self-contained Image | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Easy Setup | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Auto-Delete Old Files | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
Filter Text | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
Built-in Player | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Audio Only Option | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Single Download | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Highly Customizable | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Defer Download | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
Individual One-Off Downloaders
Feature | Metube | yt-dlp-web-ui | *Cobalt |
---|---|---|---|
Simple/Nice UI | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Parallel Downloads | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Multiple Folder Locations | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
What do you use and what are your thoughts?
Edit1: Cobalt is self hosted but downloads to local machine.
Edit2: PinchFlat can filter by text.
Edit3: yt-dlp is king and most, if not all, use it.
Edit4: There are many custom builds out there as well.
Edit5: I tried JDownloader2 (maybe I have the wrong image) but access to the UI via VNC/RemoteViewer is a hard no for me.
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