# YouTube Dl Gui (open-source downloader and converter)

> YouTube Dl Gui is a free, open-source downloader and converter for Windows, macOS and Linux. Open Video Downloader - A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Rust with Tauri and Vue + Typescript. It has 9,340 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of 4K Video Downloader.

Open Video Downloader is a simple, cross-platform desktop application that lets you download videos, audio, subtitles and metadata from hundreds of supported websites, not just YouTube. It provides an easy-to-use interface around yt-dlp so you don’t have to touch the command line.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 9,340 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | 4K Video Downloader |
| Use it as | YouTube downloader |
| Language | Rust |
| Website | https://jely2002.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Downloaders & converters |
| Latest release | app-v3.2.1 (Jul 5, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 1, 2026 |

## Install

### winget (Windows)

```sh
winget install jely2002.youtube-dl-gui
```

Package page: https://winstall.app/apps/jely2002.youtube-dl-gui

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