CLUSTER YOUTUBE-DESKTOP-DOWNLOADER · 14 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-08-07
Desktop YouTube downloaders
This cluster consists of native desktop applications for downloading audio and video from YouTube and similar sites, with controls for format, quality, and sometimes subtitles or playlists. The dated history is sparse: single entries appear in late 2021 and 2022, followed by three entries across early to mid 2026. JustDownloadIT leads on traction with 4 stars, while the other two members have none.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled
Operator · 5 hobby · 1 indie · 5 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 14 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Mistburn1★4 days—hobbyWindows downloader that saves MP3 audio, Spotify tracks, 4K video with audio, and original-quality images.
- 02JustDownloadIT5★1 mo—Desktop app that downloads YouTube videos or timestamp clips at the best available quality with a queue system.
- 03downloader1★26 daysliveDesktop video downloader that saves videos and playlists from YouTube and many sites into a searchable library with scheduling.
- 04media-downloader0★11 days—hobbyDesktop video downloader that saves videos from pasted links, lets users pick available source quality and format, and provides download queue, history, and subtitle support.
- 05tube_player0★19 days—hobbyDesktop app that downloads YouTube videos or audio by pasting a link, choosing format and quality, and saving to a selected folder.
- 06youtube-audio-downloader-windows0★27 days—hobbyWindows desktop tool that downloads audio from YouTube videos and playlists, embeds metadata, tracks playlist additions, and can monitor on a schedule.
- 07yangdownloader-appimage0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop downloader that downloads best-quality audio and video from YouTube.
- 08CatchYT0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyNative desktop downloader for YouTube and YouTube Music that saves audio or video in selected formats and quality.
- 09ytdownloader0★1 moliveopen sourceGraphical application for downloading videos and audio from YouTube with quality options.
- 10yvid0★2 moliveopen sourceVideo downloader with interactive YouTube search, playlist downloads, smart resume, and desktop notifications.
- 11Azul Box0★4 moliveopen sourceDesktop utility that converts audio and video formats and downloads media from YouTube and Pinterest.
- 12yalla-video-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceDesktop video downloader that retrieves videos from YouTube and over one thousand other websites.
- 134K Video Downloader Plus (Unofficial)0★unknownliveVideo downloader that saves videos from YouTube and other sites, with free basic features and optional premium upgrades.
- 14Yalla Video0★unknownliveindieDesktop downloader that grabs videos, playlists, and channels from YouTube and other sites with quality, format, and subtitle options.
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