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Download-Simply-Videos-From-YouTube

Download-Simply-Videos-From-YouTube is an open-source video downloaders project written in Python with 391 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “Python script that downloads and saves any of your favorite YouTube videos and playlists. All you need to do is just run the Python script and follow the terminal prompt.”

Category
Video downloaders
Type
Open source
Platform
Python project
Pricing
Free / open source
License
MIT
GitHub stars
391
Last updated
2026-06-30

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What is Download-Simply-Videos-From-YouTube?

Download-Simply-Videos-From-YouTube is an open-source video downloaders project written in Python with 391 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “Python script that downloads and saves any of your favorite YouTube videos and playlists. All you need to do is just run the Python script and follow the terminal prompt.”

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Download-Simply-Videos-From-YouTube is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

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