Command-line tool

yt-dlp

brew/yt-dlp

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader cross-platform video 视频 download 下载 downloader media audio open-source 音频 youtube 下载器

At a glance

Windows

pipx install yt_dlp
winget install --id yt-dlp.yt-dlp -e
scoop install yt-dlp

macOS

brew install yt-dlp
pipx install yt_dlp

Linux

brew install yt-dlp
pipx install yt_dlp

Download a video or playlist (with the default options from command below)

yt-dlp "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

List the available downloadable formats for a video

yt-dlp -F "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

Download a video or playlist using the best MP4 video available (default is "bv\*+ba/b")

yt-dlp -f "bv*[ext=mp4]+ba[ext=m4a]/b[ext=mp4]" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0"

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