Subtitle Downloader is a Python application for finding, comparing, and downloading subtitles from OpenSubtitles, SubDL, and SubSource.
It offers a keyboard-driven terminal interface and a non-interactive command-line mode.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Searches OpenSubtitles, SubDL, SubSource, or all configured providers concurrently.
- Combines OpenSubtitles hash and filename matches.
- Supports individual video files, multiple paths, folders, and recursive searches.
- Filters results by language, hearing-impaired status, and AI translation status.
- Downloads subtitles beside their videos or to a specified output directory.
- Provides a full-screen Textual interface with keyboard-driven navigation.
- Offers a non-interactive command-line mode for batch and automated workflows.
- Converts subtitle text to UTF-8.
- Removes known advertising lines from downloaded subtitles.
- Synchronizes subtitle timing with video audio using ffsubsync.
Website: github.com/ach-raf/opensubtitles_subtitle_downloader
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Developer: ach-raf
License: MIT License

Subtitle Downloader is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Subtitle Downloaders | |
|---|---|
| Subliminal | Library to search and download subtitles with a powerful CLI |
| OpenSubtitlesDownload | Find and download the right subtitles for your favourite videos |
| QNapi | Qt-based, multi-engine, multi-platform subtitle downloader |
| subdl | Command-line tool to download subtitles |
| lssub | Search and download subtitles |
| Subtitler | Electron-based tool to search and download subtitles |
| Subtitle Downloader | Find, compare, and download subtitles |
| SubDownloader | Python tool for automatic download/upload of subtitles |
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