yt-dlp

Name: yt-dlp
Author: yt-dlp

by yt-dlp · Unlicense

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader.

Record

These URLs are the ones yt-dlp declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

portablegithub.com · publisher domain

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what yt-dlp published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "yt-dlp.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "yt-dlp.exe"

Expected output

52fe3c26dcf71fbdc85b528589020bb0b8e383155cfa81b64dd447bbe35e24b8

Signal	Finding	Points
SHA-256 hash published	3 of 3 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.	30 / 30
Binary provenance	3 on the publisher's own domainThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.	35 / 35
Served over HTTPS	3 of 3 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.	15 / 15
Release recency	last release about 1 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.	15 / 15
Licence declared	UnlicenseA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.	5 / 5

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

Windows manifest: github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/y/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/2026.07.04