# LifeActor/ykdl

a video downloader focus on China mainland video sites.(一款专注于中国大陆视频网站的视频下载器。)

Repository: https://github.com/LifeActor/ykdl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ykdl
Homepage: https://github.com/LifeActor/ykdl
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: downloader, video-downloader
Last push: 2025-11-30T12:50:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 54, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3746, "days_push": 276, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 1533, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.562832+00:00)

## What it is
YouKuDownLoader (ykdl) is a Python command-line video downloader focused on China mainland video sites, forked from you-get with restructured code. It downloads and merges video streams using FFmpeg and can play them via mpv.

## Use cases
- download videos from youku
- save chinese streaming site videos offline
- download bilibili videos from the command line
- merge downloaded video and audio streams with ffmpeg
- batch download videos from mainland china video platforms

## When to choose
- you mainly need videos from China mainland video sites
- you want a structured, maintained fork of you-get
- you prefer a pip-installable Python CLI with FFmpeg/mpv integration

## When to avoid
- you need broad international site support rather than China-focused sites
- you want a GUI downloader
- you need a downloader in a language other than Python

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, cli, web-scraping
- domain: media, crawlers
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: video-downloader, china-video-sites, you-get-fork, streaming-download, ffmpeg, mpv, video, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- LifeActor/ykdl (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.562832+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 2026-08-30T04:31:14.112560+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LifeActor/ykdl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.562832+00:00, sha 4ecb45124cb1)
  - homepage: https://github.com/LifeActor/ykdl (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:19.751713+00:00, sha 939e2cbf3f49)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.