36 open-source downloaders and converters
Open Source YouTube Downloaders & Converters
The most popular open-source downloaders and converters for Windows, macOS and Linux on GitHub are yt-dlp, Motrix and Aria2. appsgit lists 36, including free alternatives to 4K Video Downloader and Internet Download Manager, each with its platforms, license and install commands.
Updated Oct 8, 2026
Open Source YouTube Downloaders & Converters
yt-dlp
yt-dlp/yt-dlp
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader.
OfficialDownloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxMotrix
agalwood/Motrix
A full-featured download manager.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxAria2
aria2/aria2
aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxSpotify Downloader
spotDL/spotify-downloader
Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxGallery Dl
mikf/gallery-dl
Command-line program to download image galleries and collections from several image hosting sites.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxAb Download Manager
amir1376/ab-download-manager
A Download Manager that speeds up your downloads.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxytDownloader
aandrew-me/ytDownloader
Desktop app to download audio/video from hundreds of sites.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxGhost Downloader 3
XiaoYouChR/Ghost-Downloader-3
The only downloader you need. 下载器的集大成者。.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxYouTube Dl Gui
jely2002/youtube-dl-gui
Open Video Downloader - A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Rust with Tauri and Vue + Typescript.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxMediago
mediago-dev/mediago
Cross-platform video downloader — sniff and grab m3u8/HLS streams, Bilibili, YouTube and more.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxGifski
sindresorhus/Gifski
Convert videos to high-quality GIFs on your Mac.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxBili23 Downloader
ScottSloan/Bili23-Downloader
开源、免费、跨平台的 B 站视频下载工具，支持多线程加速、音视频分离、弹幕元数据获取、自定义命名与分类等功能。Open Source, Free, Cross-Platform Bilibili Video Downloader.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxXdm
subhra74/xdm
Powerfull download accelerator and video downloader.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxParabolic
NickvisionApps/Parabolic
Parabolic downloads video and audio from YouTube and hundreds of other sites, built on yt-dlp with a simple desktop interface.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxMedia Downloader
mhogomchungu/media-downloader
Media Downloader is a Qt/C++ front end to yt-dlp, youtube-dl, gallery-dl, lux, you-get, svtplay-dl, aria2c, wget and safari books..
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxYTSage
oop7/YTSage
Modern YouTube downloader with a clean PySide6 interface.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxFluxDown
zerx-lab/FluxDown
Rust 驱动的多协议下载管理器，支持 HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent 磁力链接及 HLS/DASH 流媒体，智能多线程加速与浏览器无缝集成。精美界面，极致性能，永久免费，零广告。.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxSurge
SurgeDM/Surge
Blazing fast TUI download manager built in Go for power users.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxImgbrd Grabber
Bionus/imgbrd-grabber
Very customizable imageboard/booru downloader with powerful filenaming features.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxTartube
axcore/tartube
A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsLinuxYoutubePlaylistDownloader
shaked6540/YoutubePlaylistDownloader
A tool to download whole playlists, channels or single videos from youtube and also optionally convert them to almost any format you would like.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsBilibili Video Downloader
lanyeeee/bilibili-video-downloader
哔哩哔哩 bilibili B站 视频 下载器，图形界面 + nfo刮削 + 广告标记 + 字幕下载 + 弹幕下载，轻松将视频加入emby等媒体库.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxFreac
enzo1982/freac
The fre:ac audio converter project.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxVariety
varietywalls/variety
Wallpaper downloader and manager for Linux systems.
Downloaders & convertersLinuxJmcomic Downloader
lanyeeee/jmcomic-downloader
禁漫天堂 18comic.vip jmcomic 18comic 的多线程下载器，带图形界面 带收藏夹 免费下载收费的漫画，已打包exe 下载速度飞快.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxMoondownloader
LeyckerS/moondownloader
Bulk file downloader for datanodes.to and fuckingfast.co — real-Chrome extraction over CDP, pure-HTTP extraction with a Chrome TLS fingerprint, aiohttp streaming, WebView2 GUI and a headless CLI.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsYouwee
vanloctech/youwee
A beautiful, cross-platform downloader for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and 1800+ sites (yt-dlp GUI) with AI video summaries and post-processing.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxBrisk
BrisklyDev/brisk
Ultra-fast, modern download manager for desktop.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxPlexo
anmolkapil/plexo
Speed up downloads by combining multiple network connections in parallel.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxYouTube Dl Wpf
database64128/youtube-dl-wpf
WPF GUI for youtube-dl and yt-dlp.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsVibraVid
AstraeLabs/VibraVid
Downloader for Movie, Series, Anime, Album, Song + DASH/HLS/ISM/MP4.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSLinuxVideo Downloader
Unrud/video-downloader
Download videos from websites like YouTube and many others (based on yt-dlp).
Downloaders & convertersLinuxOnce Power
ilgnefz/once_power
All-in-One Desktop Tool for Batch Rename & Organization, Built with Flutter.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsAzooKey Desktop
azooKey/azooKey-Desktop
azooKey-Desktop is an open-source Japanese input method for macOS, written in Swift and powered by the Zenzai neural kana-kanji converter.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsmacOSArrowDL
setvisible/ArrowDL
ArrowDL (Arrow Downloader) is a download manager for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Downloaders & convertersWindowsHarbor
thsnkhn/harbor
Beautiful native macOS download manager for direct links, magnets, and torrents.
Downloaders & convertersmacOS
What are the best open-source downloaders and converters?
By GitHub stars, yt-dlp is the most popular (196,232 stars), followed by Motrix and Aria2. People often use these instead of 4K Video Downloader and Internet Download Manager. Each page lists the platforms, license and last commit.
Which of these run on Windows, Mac and Linux?
33 of the 36 open-source downloaders and converters listed here run on Windows, 28 on macOS and 29 on Linux; on a Mac, the most starred is yt-dlp. 14 can be installed with a package manager such as Flathub, Homebrew, winget or Chocolatey.
Are these open-source downloaders and converters free?
Yes. All 36 use an open-source license (OSI-approved or FSF-free), so you can use, copy and change them for free.
How are these open-source downloaders and converters chosen?
Apps come from desktop awesome lists (Awesome Linux Software, awesome-mac, awesome-windows, awesome-electron and the media and file sections of awesome-cli-apps), more than 70 GitHub topics such as desktop-app, electron-app, tauri-app, gtk, qt, macos-app, pdf-editor, cad and remote-desktop, and a hand-picked list of flagship apps. An app is listed only if it has a license (one GitHub detects, or one appsgit checked by hand), a README and a commit in the last six months, is not archived or a fork, and has 1000+ GitHub stars (topics), 500+ (awesome lists) or 100+ (hand-picked). It must also be an end-user application with a desktop signal: installers in its releases, install instructions for Windows, macOS or Linux, or a Flathub, Homebrew, winget, Chocolatey, Snap or AUR package. Libraries, frameworks, themes, plugins and servers are left out, and source-available apps are labelled as such.