# glomatico/gamdl

A command-line app for downloading Apple Music songs, music videos and post videos.

Repository: https://github.com/glomatico/gamdl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gamdl
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: apple-music, apple-music-downloader, aac, downloader, m4a, 4k, m4v
Last push: 2026-08-03T10:58:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 96, longevity 99
- inputs: {"age_days": 1387, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": 30, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 56}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2570, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:01.372415+00:00)

## What it is
Gamdl is a Python command-line app for downloading Apple Music songs, music videos, and artist post videos with rich metadata tagging and synced lyrics support. It supports high-quality AAC/ALAC audio and up to 4K video downloads, optionally using a wrapper server for decryption.

## Use cases
- download apple music songs to m4a files
- download apple music music videos in 4k
- grab synced lyrics in lrc or srt format
- download all albums from an apple music artist
- tag downloaded songs with metadata automatically
- rip apple music tracks with an active subscription

## When to choose
- you have an active Apple Music subscription and want local copies of songs or videos
- you need high-quality AAC/ALAC audio with proper metadata tags
- you want a scriptable CLI downloader with extensive configuration options

## When to avoid
- you don't have an Apple Music subscription or valid account cookies
- you need a graphical interface rather than a command-line tool
- you want to download from streaming services other than Apple Music

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: apple-music, downloader, aac, m4a, music-videos, lyrics, metadata-tagging, drm, download, audio, video, command-line

## Member repositories
- glomatico/gamdl (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.372415+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:23:19.583387+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/glomatico/gamdl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.372415+00:00, sha 49516e0959d9)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/gamdl/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:38.845412+00:00, sha 7d0ed3949822)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.