# Comparison of YouTube downloaders

This is a comparison of notable YouTube download and conversion software. YouTube conversion software is used to download and convert YouTube videos to popular formats or portable devices.

## Features

| YouTube Downloader | License | Integrated browser | Playlists (and channels) | Show lists, artist playlists and charts | Multi- threaded downloads | Resumable downloads | User-specified maximum download speed | Private videos | Embedded videos | Available as a browser extension | Extraction of original audio (served by YouTube) | Download in high definition | Batch download |
| ClipGrab | Open source | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Free Studio | Freeware (Crippleware) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JDownloader | Open source (BY-NC-SA 2.0) | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Freemake Video Downloader | Freeware (Crippleware) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internet Download Manager | Trialware | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Yes | Yes |
| Invidious | Open source (AGPLv3) | Yes | No | No | Depends on the browser | Depends on the browser | Depends on the browser | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| youtube-dl | Open source (Unlicense) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| yt-dlp | Open source (Unlicense) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* 1 2 extremely reduced download speed and/or limited media length in the "free" version

## Built-in conversion to formats and devices

| YouTube Downloader | MP3 | MPEG4 | WMV | AVI | FLV | Ogg Theora | Ogg Vorbis | Matroska | 3GP | SWF | Special device profiles (e.g. iPhone) | M4A | WebM |
| ClipGrab | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Free Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| JDownloader | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Video DownloadHelper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Freemake Video Downloader | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Internet Download Manager | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Invidious | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| youtube-dl | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| yt-dlp | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 requires ffmpeg

## Supported operating systems

| YouTube Downloader | Online | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | Android |
| ClipGrab | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Free Studio | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Video DownloadHelper | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Freemake Video Downloader | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Internet Download Manager | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Invidious | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| youtube-dl | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| yt-dlp | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* 1 2 requires Termux