Saving videos and music from websites
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cobalt is a free tool for saving videos, music and images from websites to your own device. It is aimed at everyday people who want a simple way to keep media they like, with no ads or paywalls.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Seal is an Android phone app that downloads videos and audio from many websites so you can keep them on your device. It is for everyday people who want to save online media to their own phone.
Has 2 of 6 · Works in a web browser ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
yt-dlp is a free command-line tool that downloads videos, music and images from many websites so you can keep copies. It is mainly for people comfortable typing commands, and it is also used by programmers building other tools.
Has 2 of 6 · No commands needed ✗ +2
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
gallery-dl is a free command-line program that downloads image galleries and collections from many image hosting websites onto your computer. It is meant for people comfortable typing commands in a terminal, such as programmers or IT staff.
Has 1 of 6 · No commands needed ✗ +2
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Tube Archivist is a self-hosted web app that saves copies of YouTube videos from channels you follow and organizes them in a searchable, offline library. It is for people who want to keep and browse their own YouTube archive on their own server.
Has 3 of 6 · No commands needed ✗
How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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