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Firelink

Firelink is an open-source video downloaders project written in TypeScript with 195 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “Cross-platform desktop download manager for direct files, browser handoffs, media, playlists, queues, and scheduling.”

Category
Video downloaders
Type
Open source
Platform
TypeScript project
Pricing
Free / open source
License
MIT
GitHub stars
195
Last updated
2026-08-19

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Top Firelink alternatives

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ArchiveBox“🗃 Open source self-hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more...”
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cat-catch“猫抓 浏览器资源嗅探扩展 / cat-catch Browser Resource Sniffing Extension”
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metube“Self-hosted video downloader for YouTube and other sites (web UI for yt-dlp)”
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pytube“Lightweight, dependency-free Python library and CLI for downloading YouTube videos, playlists, and captions.”
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Frequently asked

What is Firelink?

Firelink is an open-source video downloaders project written in TypeScript with 195 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “Cross-platform desktop download manager for direct files, browser handoffs, media, playlists, queues, and scheduling.”

Is Firelink free?

Firelink is open source — free to use; check its license for redistribution terms.

What are the best Firelink alternatives?

The closest alternatives in the same category include yt-dlp, Seal, ArchiveBox, cat-catch, metube — each has a live profile with facts and its own alternatives list on this hub.