soimort/you-get
:arrow_double_down: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5126
- days_rel: 607
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
56871 stars · 9698 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
You-Get is a tiny command-line utility written in Python to download media content (videos, audios, images) from the web when no other handy way exists. It supports many popular sites like YouTube, Youku, and Niconico, and can also stream online videos directly into a media player.
Use cases
- download a youtube video from the command line
- save videos from youku or niconico
- scrape images from a web page
- stream an online video into a local media player without a browser
- download arbitrary binary files from a url
- extract subtitles alongside a video
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, scriptable downloader for many video sites
- you want to avoid proprietary JavaScript/Flash and browser-based downloading
- you want to pipe online video straight into a media player
- you prefer a simple pip-installable Python tool
When to avoid
- you need a GUI downloader
- you need robust, actively maintained site extractors for modern YouTube - yt-dlp is generally more current
- you need bulk playlist management or advanced post-processing features
- your target site requires authenticated or DRM-protected streams
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
web-scraping video-processing cli http-client media crawlers developer-tools python cli cross-platform windows video-downloader media-downloader youtube-dl-alternative streaming ffmpeg command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/soimort/you-get · fetched 2026-08-28 · f2c7a2a1b98b
- homepage: https://you-get.org/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · b91120219152
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| soimort/you-get | main | 67 |
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