Install yt-dlp

About yt-dlp

yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.

What's new in 2026.07.04

Installation Discord Donate Documentation Nightly Master A description of the various files is in the README The zipimport Unix executable contains code licensed under ISC and MIT. The PyInstaller-bundled executables are subject to these and other licenses, all of which are compiled in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.txt Important changes - The minimum recommended Python version has been raised to 3.11 - Since Python 3.10 will reach its end-of-life in October 2026, support for it will be dropped soon. Read more - The official Windows release binaries will soon require Windows 10 or later. Read more - Security: [CVE-2026-55404] Downstream command injection via improper sanitization of --write-link output - Shortcut file data is now properly validated and sanitized when the --write-link options are used Changelog Core changes - Always include warnings in debug output (#17059) by bashonly - Fix allow-unsafe-ext compat option (#16920) by bashonly - Raise minimum recommended Python version to 3.11 (#17034) by bashonly - Validate and escape values in --write-link output by bashonly - cookies: Use ' instead of " for SQL string quoting (#17078) by Grub4K - utils - Deprecate make_dir in favor of make_parent_dirs (#16931) by doe1080 - HTTPHeaderDict: Fix __ior__ (#16930) by doe1080 - parse_duration: Return int when appropriate (#13899) by doe1080 - parse_resolution: Support fps suffixes (#17073) by doe1080 - pkcs1pad: Fix invalid PKCS#1 v1.5 padding bytes (#17035) by doe1080 - qualities: Avoid repeated index lookups (#17025) by doe1080 - random_user_agent: Bump version range 143-149 => 144-150...

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