# llychao/m3u8-downloader

一个M3U8 视频下载(M3U8 downloader)工具。跨平台: 提供windows、linux、mac三大平台可执行文件,方便直接使用。

Repository: https://github.com/llychao/m3u8-downloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/llychao-m3u8-downloader
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, m3u8, m3u8-downloader, m3u8-download, go-m3u8, m3u8download, m3u8downloader, go
Last push: 2024-12-02T13:08:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2212, "days_push": 639, "days_rel": 639, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1491, forks 244 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.485272+00:00)

## What it is
A cross-platform command-line M3U8 video downloader written in Go. It parses M3U8 playlists, downloads TS segments with multiple threads and retry support, decrypts encrypted streams, and merges them into a single video file.

## Use cases
- download m3u8 video streams
- save hls stream as a single video file
- download ts segments and merge them
- multithreaded video stream downloader
- download encrypted m3u8 streams
- cli tool to fetch streaming video

## When to choose
- you need a simple, fast CLI to download M3U8/HLS videos
- you want prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS
- you need retry and decryption of TS segments out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI downloader
- you need DASH or non-M3U8 streaming formats
- you need advanced features like subtitle muxing or format conversion

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, http-client, cli, concurrency
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: m3u8, hls, ts-segments, downloader, multithreaded, go, video, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- llychao/m3u8-downloader (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.485272+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 2026-08-30T04:33:35.099038+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/llychao/m3u8-downloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.485272+00:00, sha 439634c2206a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.