dl-plus

A youtube-dl extension with pluggable extractors

Description

dl-plus is an extension and a drop-in replacement of youtube-dl (or any compatible fork, e.g., yt-dlp). The main goal of the project is to add an easy-to-use extractor plugin system to youtube-dl while maintaining full backward compatibility.

dl-plus is not a fork of youtube-dl and does not contain code from youtube-dl, it is a pure dynamic wrapper (thanks to Python dynamic nature) hacking some youtube-dl internals.

Installation

1. Install dl-plus:

   • using pipx:

     pipx install dl-plus
     

   • using pip:

     pip install dl-plus
     

   (*nix) Alternatively, you can download a single file binary (zipapp) and put it somewhere in your PATH:

   curl -L https://github.com/un-def/dl-plus/releases/latest/download/dl-plus -o dl-plus
   chmod a+x dl-plus
   

2. Install a backend — youtube-dl or any compatible package (fork), e.g., yt-dlp:

   • using dl-plus itself:

     dl-plus --cmd backend install yt-dlp
     

   • using pipx:

     pipx inject dl-plus yt-dlp
     

   • using pip:

     pip install yt-dlp
     

3. (optional) Install some extractor plugins:

   • using dl-plus itself:

     dl-plus --cmd extractor install un1def/wasdtv
     

     PyPI package names are supported too:

     dl-plus --cmd extractor install dl-plus-extractor-un1def-wasdtv
     

   • using pipx:

     pipx inject dl-plus dl-plus-extractor-un1def-wasdtv
     

   • using pip:

     pip install dl-plus-extractor-un1def-wasdtv
     

4. (optional) Create dl-plus → youtube-dl symlink (for apps relying on youtube-dl executable in PATH, e.g., mpv):

   • *nix:

     dlp=$(command -v dl-plus 2>&1) && ln -s "$dlp" "$(dirname "$dlp")/youtube-dl"

     Use ln -sf instead of ln -s to overwrite an existing youtube-dl executable.

   • Windows (PowerShell, requires administrative privileges):

     $dlp = (Get-Command -ErrorAction:Stop dl-plus).Path; New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path ((Get-Item $dlp).Directory.FullName + "\youtube-dl.exe") -Target $dlp

Extractor Plugin Authoring Guide

See docs/extractor-plugin-authoring-guide.md.

Available Extractor Plugins

See docs/available-extractor-plugins.md.

License

The MIT License.