yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader with support for thousands of sites. The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.
README
Version
2025.10.22
Release Date
2025-10-22
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Windows 64 bit
Alternative Download – Windows 64 bit
For additional platforms, please visit https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.10.22.
Important changes
- A stopgap release with a TEMPORARY partial fix for YouTube support
Some formats may still be unavailable, especially if cookies are passed to yt-dlp. The NEXT release, expected very soon, will require an external JS runtime (e.g. Deno) in order for YouTube downloads to work properly. Read more - The minimum required Python version has been raised to 3.10
Python 3.9 has reached its end-of-life as of October 2025, and yt-dlp has now removed support for it. Read more
Core changes
Extractor changes
- appleconnect: Rework extractor (#13229) by doe1080
- idagio: Support URLs with country codes (#14655) by robin-mu
- tvnoe: Rework Extractor (#13369) by doe1080
- youtube: Use temporary player client workaround (#14693) by gamer191