A Quick Guide to Various YouTube Downloaders
3 Octubre 2024 at 11:21
Did a quick test of some of the most popular options, here's the rundown:
Comparison Table
Tool | GitHub Stars | Pulls | Size | Nice Mobile Experience | Nice Desktop Experience | Fast Performance | Easy to Select Storage Location | Flexible Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
yt-dlp-web-ui | 800+ | 100k+ | 238.51 MB | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
meTube | 6k+ | 5M+ | 292.14 MB | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
YouTubeDL-Material | 2.6k+ | 80k+ | 1.2 GB | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
TubeTube | 80+ | 6k+ | 271.61 MB | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
JDownloader | 700+ | 50M+ | 304.08 MB | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Overview of Each Tool
- yt-dlp-web-ui
- Pros: Offers a variety of options for downloading.
- Cons: The UI can be a bit clunky; somewhat involved setup to configure folders.
- meTube
- Pros: User-friendly interface, ability to easily manage audio and video storage locations, and create custom folders directly from the UI.
- Cons: The mobile UI can be a little cluttered; only supports single downloads at a time.
- YouTubeDL-Material
- Pros: Built-in media player and subscription options.
- Cons: Requires an external database; slightly cluttered UI.
- TubeTube
- Pros: Simple interfaces for both mobile and desktop; can support parallel downloads.
- Cons: Folder and format settings must be done via YAML before running (no setup options available in the UI). Less flexible.
- JDownloader
- Pros: Over 50 million downloads, reliable for bulk downloading.
- Cons: Limited testing due to UI challenges.
Conclusion
There may be some errors (apologies) in my observations, but this was my experience without delving too far into it, so take it with a pinch of salt. Time for docker system prune
And a big thank you to all the developers behind these projects! Be sure to star and support them!
Edit: Excluded Subscription/Scheduled downloaders for this one. For a review of subscription-based downloaders, check out this link.
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