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omniget

omniget is an open-source video downloaders project written in Rust with 8,838 stars on GitHub.

The authors describe it as: “Download Udemy and Hotmart courses, YouTube videos, music and books — 1,800+ sites, no terminal. Free open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, with a built-in course player, PDF/EPUB reader and music library. Powered by yt-dlp. Your files stay on your computer.”

Category
Video downloaders
Type
Open source
Platform
Rust project
Pricing
Free / open source
License
GPL-3.0
GitHub stars
8,838
Last updated
2026-08-18

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Top omniget alternatives

yt-dlp“A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader”
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Seal“🦭 Video/Audio Downloader for Android, based on yt-dlp”
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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 omniget?

omniget is an open-source video downloaders project written in Rust with 8,838 stars on GitHub. The authors describe it as: “Download Udemy and Hotmart courses, YouTube videos, music and books — 1,800+ sites, no terminal. Free open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, with a built-in course player, PDF/EPUB reader and music library. Powered by yt-dlp. Your files stay on your computer.”

Is omniget free?

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

What are the best omniget 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.