Are you a little techie? Do you know how to open a Linux or macOS terminal or a Windows command shell? Do you want to download online YouTube videos or other videos from other platforms? Then yt-dlp to the rescue. First, follow the installation instructions for your operating system.
- Linux uses this command to install yt-dlp: “sudo apt install yt-dlp (or replace apt with dnf, etc.)
- macOS uses the Homebrew package manager (install Homebrew with instructions at the homebrew.sh website) with the command “brew install yt-dlp“,
- Windows uses winget with the command: “winget install yt-dlp“
After installing yt-dlp, download a video with the command “yt-dlp “YOUR_VIDEO_URL“. Replace the ‘YOUR_VIDEO_URL’ with the video URL, but DON’T remove the double quotes.