Open Video Downloader: Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter and more
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Open Video Downloader
jely2002.github.io/youtube-dl-gui 2 ratings so far*
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Threat level
Hardened
A hardened pick. Worth the effort once you have chosen to shrink your footprint on purpose. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
A friendly graphical front end over the yt-dlp engine, which means it can pull video from a huge range of sites without you touching a command line. The realistic caveat is that downloaders are always chasing site changes, so the occasional broken source or needed update comes with the territory. A good pick for people who want the power of yt-dlp without the terminal; command-line users will just run the engine directly.
GitHub at a glance
jely2002/youtube-dl-gui
Stars
8,833
+ 368 this week
Last commit
11d ago
healthy
License
AGPL-3.0
Latest release
app-v3.2.0
3mo ago
Stars, last 31d
Website at a glance
jely2002.github.io
C score 50
Basic website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 9d ago
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Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
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Open Video Downloader license, in plain English
AGPL-3.0 Strong copyleft · network
Free to use, even commercially. Changes must be published under the same license, and running a modified version as a network service counts as distributing it.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Patent use
- Private use
Requires
- Disclose source
- Network use is distribution
- Same license
- State changes
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: The network clause is the point. Anyone who runs a modified version as a hosted service has to publish those changes, so the code handling your data stays inspectable. This is why privacy-first projects reach for AGPL.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.
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