# Video Downloader (open-source downloader and converter)

> Video Downloader is a free, open-source downloader and converter for Linux. Download videos from websites like YouTube and many others (based on yt-dlp). It has 1,216 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at Unrud/video-downloader.

Download videos from websites with an easy-to-use interface. Provides the following features: We use Weblate to translate the UI, so feel free to contribute translations over there.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/Unrud/video-downloader |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,216 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Python |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Downloaders & converters |
| Latest release | v0.12.31 (Mar 29, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 11, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.unrud.VideoDownloader

### Snap (Linux)

```sh
snap install video-downloader
```

Package page: https://snapcraft.io/video-downloader

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/video-downloader

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