# mhogomchungu/media-downloader

Media Downloader is a Qt/C++ front end to yt-dlp, youtube-dl, gallery-dl, lux, you-get, svtplay-dl, aria2c, wget and safari books..

Repository: https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/media-downloader
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:02:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2053, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 17.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4939, forks 335 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.758193+00:00)

## What it is
Media Downloader is a Qt/C++ GUI frontend for CLI media downloaders like yt-dlp, gallery-dl, you-get, and aria2c. It provides batch downloads, playlist subscriptions, concurrent downloads, and multi-language support across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

## Use cases
- download videos from youtube with a gui
- batch download media from a list of urls
- download entire playlists from youtube
- subscribe to playlists and monitor updates
- download images from sites using gallery-dl
- manage multiple concurrent media downloads

## When to choose
- you want a graphical interface instead of typing yt-dlp commands
- you need batch or playlist downloads with preset format options
- you want cross-platform desktop app with multi-language UI

## When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight CLI downloader
- you need a headless server-side download service
- you want a browser-based downloader

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: media, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: yt-dlp, video-downloader, media-downloader, qt, youtube, batch-download, playlist-download, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- mhogomchungu/media-downloader (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.758193+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 2026-08-29T18:17:56.166468+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mhogomchungu/media-downloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.758193+00:00, sha c2eda5a0fd50)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.