# CharlesPikachu/videodl

Videodl: A lightweight video downloader written in pure python. (轻量级视频下载器，优先高清无水印，支持抖音，快手，小红书，B站，TikTok，YouTube，FIFA+，优酷，腾讯，爱奇艺，1905电影网，乐视，芒果，咪咕，PPTV，搜狐，Facebook，Twitter，新浪微博，今日头条，网易公开课，全民K歌，CCTV央视频，酷狗音乐MV，新片场，知乎，百度贴吧，TED等海量流媒体平台)

Repository: https://github.com/CharlesPikachu/videodl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/videodl
Homepage: https://videofetch.readthedocs.io/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: video-downloader, cntv, douyin, crawler, migu, bilibili, kuaishou, acfun, baidu, mgtv, pipixia, ted, tieba, pear, quanmin, weibo, youtube, youtube-api, youtube-dl, tiktok
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:28:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2976, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 147, "gap_med": 114, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2676, forks 467 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.773753+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight video downloader written in pure Python that parses and downloads videos from dozens of streaming platforms (Douyin, Bilibili, TikTok, YouTube, Kuaishou, etc.), preferring high-definition watermark-free sources. Usable both as a Python library and a command-line tool.

## Use cases
- download videos from douyin without watermark
- parse bilibili video download links in python
- download tiktok videos via command line
- batch download videos from chinese streaming sites
- extract direct video urls from weibo or kuaishou
- youtube video downloader library in python

## When to choose
- you need a pure-python downloader for many Chinese and international video platforms
- you want both a CLI and a programmable Python API
- you prefer watermark-free high-definition sources when available

## When to avoid
- you need a permissive license for commercial use (PolyForm Noncommercial)
- you need yt-dlp's breadth of site support and community maintenance
- you need audio-only or subtitle downloading features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, web-scraping, http-client, cli
- domain: crawlers, media
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: video-downloader, watermark-free, streaming-platforms, douyin, bilibili, tiktok, youtube-dl-alternative, noncommercial-license, video

## Member repositories
- CharlesPikachu/videodl (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.773753+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 2026-08-30T02:18:01.358212+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CharlesPikachu/videodl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.773753+00:00, sha 9bf721e6bf68)
  - homepage: https://videofetch.readthedocs.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:00:27.875016+00:00, sha 527c6c8ecf7c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.