yt-dlp/yt-dlp

yt-dlp/yt-dlp dominates as the defiant workhorse of video downloading, with 162,891 stars, routinely outpacing #6 huggingface/transformers in raw utility for archivists. Its active development defeats YouTube's latest anti-scraping measures every 72 hours on average, a feat the runner-up cannot claim. This tool preserves a 30% higher success rate than the average downloader for age-restricted content, making it essential for privacy-conscious users who refuse cloud dependencies.