GDownloader – GUI for yt-dlp, gallery-dl and spotDL

GDownloader is a graphical download manager built around yt-dlp, gallery-dl, and spotDL.

It provides a common desktop interface for acquiring videos, music, image galleries, and playlists without requiring users to operate the underlying command-line tools directly. The application is geared towards batch downloading: links can be collected quickly and handed to the appropriate backend while GDownloader manages the surrounding workflow. Its combination of several established downloaders gives it broader coverage than a frontend tied exclusively to yt-dlp, including services oriented towards images and music as well as conventional video sites.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Batch downloads videos, songs, image galleries, and playlists.
• Works with services supported by yt-dlp and gallery-dl, including YouTube, Twitch, Crunchyroll, and X/Twitter.
• Integrates spotDL for downloading music associated with Spotify.
• Lets users switch between supported downloader backends.
• Embeds thumbnails and subtitles in downloaded media when they are available.
• Offers hardware-accelerated automatic video transcoding.
• Keeps yt-dlp, gallery-dl, and spotDL updated automatically.
• Provides simple controls for downloading audio, video, or both.
• Supports configurable URL capture together with manual paste and drag-and-drop workflows.
• Allows advanced users to edit yt-dlp, gallery-dl, and spotDL configuration files directly.
• Includes multiple customisable download and application settings.
• Interface translations are available for English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Mexican Spanish.

Website: github.com/hstr0100/GDownloader
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Developer: Gabriel D
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

GDownloader is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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