yt-dlp — Free Video Downloader (YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok)

Step 1: Click the Download button above for your system (Windows/Mac/Linux)

Step 2: Windows users — save yt-dlp.exe to C:\yt-dlp\. Mac users — save the file, rename to yt-dlp, open Terminal and type: chmod +x yt-dlp

Step 3: Open Command Prompt (Windows: press Win+R, type cmd, Enter) or Terminal (Mac: Cmd+Space, type Terminal)

Step 4: Navigate to the folder — type: cd C:\yt-dlp (Windows) or cd ~/Downloads (Mac)

Step 5: Test it works — type: yt-dlp --version (should show a version number)

Step 1: Find a video you want to download — copy its URL from your browser address bar

Step 2: In Command Prompt or Terminal, type: yt-dlp PASTE_THE_URL_HERE — press Enter

Step 3: The video downloads to the current folder — you will see a progress bar

Step 4: For MP3 audio only: type yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 PASTE_URL

Step 5: For entire playlist: type yt-dlp PLAYLIST_URL — all videos download one by one

Step 6: Find your downloaded files in the same folder — ready to watch!