You-Get is a video downloader for YouTube, Youku, niconico and a few other sites.
you-get is a command-line program, written completely in Python 3. Its prospective users are those who prefer CLI over GUI. With you-get, downloading a video is just one command away:
$ you-get http://youtu.be/sGwy8DsUJ4M
Fork me on GitHub: https://github.com/soimort/you-get
- Dailymotion http://dailymotion.com
- Freesound http://www.freesound.org
- Google+ http://plus.google.com
- Instagram http://instagram.com
- JPopsuki http://jpopsuki.tv
- Magisto http://www.magisto.com
- Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com
- Niconico (ニコニコ動画) http://www.nicovideo.jp
- Vimeo http://vimeo.com
- Vine http://vine.co
- Twitter http://twitter.com
- Youku (优酷) http://www.youku.com
- YouTube http://www.youtube.com
- 755 (ナナゴーゴー) http://7gogo.jp
- AcFun http://www.acfun.tv
- Alive.in.th http://alive.in.th
- Baidu Music (百度音乐) http://music.baidu.com
- Baidu Wangpan (百度网盘) http://pan.baidu.com
- Baomihua (爆米花) http://video.baomihua.com
- bilibili http://www.bilibili.com
- Blip http://blip.tv
- Catfun (喵星球) http://www.catfun.tv
- CBS http://www.cbs.com
- CNTV (中国网络电视台) http://www.cntv.cn
- Coursera https://www.coursera.org
- Dongting (天天动听) http://www.dongting.com
- Douban (豆瓣) http://douban.com
- DouyuTV (斗鱼) http://www.douyutv.com
- eHow http://www.ehow.com
- Facebook http://facebook.com
- Fun.tv (风行, Funshion) http://www.fun.tv
- Google Drive http://docs.google.com
- ifeng (凤凰视频) http://v.ifeng.com
- Internet Archive http://archive.org
- iQIYI (爱奇艺) http://www.iqiyi.com
- iQilu (齐鲁网, 山东网络台) http://v.iqilu.com
- Joy.cn (激动网) http://www.joy.cn
- Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org
- Ku6 (酷6网) http://www.ku6.com
- Kugou (酷狗音乐) http://www.kugou.com
- Kuwo (酷我音乐) http://www.kuwo.cn
- LeTV (乐视网) http://www.letv.com
- Lizhi.fm (荔枝FM) http://www.lizhi.fm
- Metacafe http://www.metacafe.com
- MioMio http://www.miomio.tv
- MTV 81 http://www.mtv81.com
- NetEase (网易视频) http://v.163.com
- NetEase Music (网易云音乐) http://music.163.com
- PPTV http://www.pptv.com
- QianMo (阡陌视频) http://qianmo.com
- QQ (腾讯视频) http://v.qq.com
- Sina (新浪视频) http://video.sina.com.cn
- Weibo Miaopai (新浪微博秒拍视频) http://video.weibo.com
- Sohu (搜狐视频) http://tv.sohu.com
- SongTaste http://www.songtaste.com
- SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com
- TED http://www.ted.com
- Tudou (土豆) http://www.tudou.com
- Tumblr http://www.tumblr.com
- VID48 http://vid48.com
- VideoBam http://videobam.com
- VK http://vk.com
- 56 (56网) http://www.56.com
- Xiami (虾米) http://www.xiami.com
- YinYueTai (音悦台) http://www.yinyuetai.com
- Zhanqi (战旗TV) http://www.zhanqi.tv/lives
you-get is known to work with:
- Python 3.2
- Python 3.3
- Python 3.4
- Python 3.5
- PyPy3
You don't have to learn the Python programming language to use this tool. However, you need to make sure that Python 3 (with pip) is installed on your system.
On Linux and BSD, installation made easy with your package manager:
- Find and install packages:
python3andpython3-pip(if your distro did not make Python 3 the default, e.g., Debian) - Or packages:
pythonandpython-pip(if your distro made Python 3 the default, e.g., Arch)
On other systems (which tend to have quite evil user experience), please read the documentation and ask Google for help:
$ [sudo] pip3 install you-get
Check if the installation is successful:
$ you-get -V
You can also download the Python wheel for each release from PyPI.
If you choose to download the wheel from a PyPI mirror or elsewhere, remember to verify the signature of the package. For example:
$ gpg --verify you_get-0.3.30-py3-none-any.whl.asc you_get-0.3.30-py3-none-any.whl
Download it here or:
$ wget -O you-get.zip https://github.com/soimort/you-get/zipball/master
$ unzip you-get.zip
Use the raw script without installation:
$ cd soimort-you-get-*/
$ ./you-get -V
To install the package into the system path, execute:
$ [sudo] make install
Check if the installation is successful:
$ you-get -V
$ git clone git://github.com/soimort/you-get.git
Use the raw script without installation:
$ cd you-get/
$ ./you-get -V
To install the package into the system path, execute:
$ [sudo] make install
Check if the installation is successful:
$ you-get -V
$ [sudo] pip3 install --upgrade you-get
Display the information of a video without downloading:
$ you-get -i 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Download a video:
$ you-get 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Download multiple videos:
$ you-get 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M' 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQlxQJEzLk'
By default, program will skip any video that already exists in the local directory when downloading. If a temporary file (ends with a .download extension in its file name) is found, program will resume the download from last session.
To enforce re-downloading of videos, use option -f: (this will overwrite any existing video or temporary file)
$ you-get -f 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Set the output directory for downloaded files:
$ you-get -o ~/Downloads 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Use a specific HTTP proxy for downloading:
$ you-get -x 127.0.0.1:8087 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
By default, the system proxy setting (i.e. environment variable http_proxy on *nix) is applied. To disable any proxy, use option --no-proxy:
$ you-get --no-proxy 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Watch a video in your media player of choice: (this is just a trick to let you get rid of annoying ads on the video site)
$ you-get -p vlc 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGwy8DsUJ4M'
Q: Some videos on Youku are restricted to mainland China visitors. Is it possible to bypass this restriction and download those videos?
A: Thanks to Unblock Youku, it is now possible to access such videos from an oversea IP address. You can simply use you-get with option -y proxy.uku.im:8888.
Q: Will you release an executable version / Windows Installer package?
A: Yes, it's on my to-do list.
For a complete list of available options, see:
$ you-get --help
Usage: you-get [OPTION]... [URL]...
Startup options:
-V | --version Display the version and exit.
-h | --help Print this help and exit.
Download options (use with URLs):
-f | --force Force overwriting existed files.
-i | --info Display the information of videos without downloading.
-u | --url Display the real URLs of videos without downloading.
-c | --cookies Load NetScape's cookies.txt file.
-n | --no-merge Don't merge video parts.
-F | --format <STREAM_ID> Video format code.
-o | --output-dir <PATH> Set the output directory for downloaded videos.
-p | --player <PLAYER [options]> Directly play the video with PLAYER like vlc/smplayer.
-x | --http-proxy <HOST:PORT> Use specific HTTP proxy for downloading.
-y | --extractor-proxy <HOST:PORT> Use specific HTTP proxy for extracting stream data.
--no-proxy Don't use any proxy. (ignore $http_proxy)
--debug Show traceback on KeyboardInterrupt.
You-Get is licensed under the MIT license.
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.