# Bluegrams/Vividl

Modern Windows GUI for youtube-dl/ yt-dlp. Download videos from hundreds of websites.

Repository: https://github.com/Bluegrams/Vividl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vividl
Homepage: https://vividl.sourceforge.io
Language: C#
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows, youtube, downloader, video, csharp, download, youtube-dl, ffmpeg, wpf, hacktoberfest, yt-dlp
Last push: 2026-03-10T23:14:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 42, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2419, "days_push": 176, "days_rel": 179, "gap_med": 272, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1288, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.140827+00:00)

## What it is
Vividl is a free, open-source Windows GUI application that wraps youtube-dl/yt-dlp to download videos from hundreds of websites like YouTube, Vimeo, and Soundcloud. It supports format conversion, audio extraction, and parallel downloads through a modern WPF interface.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos on windows
- extract audio as mp3 from a video url
- batch download multiple videos in parallel
- convert downloaded videos to mp4 or webm
- paste a video url and download it with a gui instead of command line
- download videos from vimeo soundcloud and dailymotion

## When to choose
- you want a graphical interface for yt-dlp on Windows
- you need to convert videos or extract audio tracks after downloading
- you want clipboard monitoring and parallel downloads
- you prefer a free open-source downloader with dark/light mode

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform or Linux/macOS downloader
- you want a CLI tool for scripting and automation
- you are not on Windows 7+ with .NET Framework 4.8
- you need to download DRM-protected or private streams

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui, developer-tools
- domain: media, windows, desktop-applications
- platform: windows
- tags: youtube-dl, yt-dlp, video-downloader, wpf, audio-extraction, ffmpeg, csharp, video, desktop

## Member repositories
- Bluegrams/Vividl (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.140827+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 2026-08-30T04:55:47.176940+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Bluegrams/Vividl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.140827+00:00, sha a5b9fd69d585)
  - homepage: https://vividl.sourceforge.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:48.247173+00:00, sha b23b8e09d46b)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:48.249843+00:00, sha 47a5f3730d75)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Docs%20Home (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:48.251928+00:00, sha 3cca19403dfa)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about/project_awards (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:48.253552+00:00, sha f5906d81e063)
  - site_page: https://sourceforge.net/about/leadership (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:48.255134+00:00, sha bfffa8fdd816)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.