How to Easily Download YouTube Videos — Don’t Miss These Methods, Save Them for Later!
1. Use Online Video Download Sites
This method is lightweight and perfect for quick, one-time use. Simply copy the YouTube video link, paste it into the website’s download box, and click the button to start.
Here are some reliable online downloaders:
https://v1.yt1s.biz/en4/
https://en1.savefrom.net/1-youtube-video-downloader-8jH/
2. Use Browser Extensions or User Scripts
Some extensions or scripts not only allow video downloading but also provide extra tools for YouTube — such as video fast-forwarding, theme switching, and structured comment layouts.
Tampermonkey Script:
Enhancer for YouTube – New Layout, Video Downloader, and More Features
Chrome Extensions:
YouTube Enhancer – Structured Comment Layout and More Tools
3. Use Open-Source Projects
These open-source tools come in both command-line and graphical interface (GUI) forms.
Command-line tools are more flexible and powerful but require some technical knowledge, making them ideal for frequent or large-scale downloads.
Command-line Tools:
yt-dlp – Feature-rich and supports many sites; an actively maintained fork of youtube-dl
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
youtube-dl – A classic and long-standing project that supports multiple sites but updates more slowly
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Desktop GUI Software:
Tartube – GUI frontend supporting youtube-dl / yt-dlp
https://github.com/axcore/tartube
yt-dlg – Cross-platform GUI frontend
https://github.com/yt-dlg/yt-dlg
youtube-dl-gui (by jely2002) – Cross-platform GUI app supporting multiple sites
https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui
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