yt-dlp

Download YouTube videos, audio, and subtitles/transcripts.

Setup

Check if yt-dlp is installed, and download it if not:

if ! command -v yt-dlp &>/dev/null && [ ! -f ~/yt-dlp ]; then
  curl -sL https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o ~/yt-dlp && chmod +x ~/yt-dlp
fi

Then use ~/yt-dlp (or just yt-dlp if installed globally).

Examples