# Install movgrab with Homebrew Downloader for youtube, dailymotion, and other video websites. Version 3.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:movgrab ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install movgrab ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:movgrab - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.1.2 - **Source summary:** Downloader for youtube, dailymotion, and other video websites - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:32:39-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - movgrab (cli) - movgrab (alias) ## Dependencies - libressl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.1.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ColumPaget/Movgrab - Upstream latest detected: 3.1.2 (current) ## Project history and usage Movgrab is Colum Paget's C command-line downloader for web video and streaming media. The repository README describes it as a downloader for sites such as YouTube, BitChute, and Euronews, and also shows a radio-streaming use case where Movgrab writes a playlist or stream to stdout for a player such as mpg123. The same README credits Movgrab and libUseful to Colum Paget in 2009 and places the project under the GPL. ### How it is used The tool's practical niche is the older Unix style of media acquisition: a single command reads a video-page URL, chooses a downloadable stream, and saves or pipes the result. Its INSTALL notes show the expected autotools workflow and build switches for HTTPS downloads and large-file support, both important for a video downloader. Compared with larger and more actively maintained video downloaders, Movgrab is a smaller, C-based utility with limited visible adoption, so its history is best treated as a niche downloader from an earlier wave of command-line web-video tools. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** movgrab - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 10 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [libressl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libressl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [nicovideo-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nicovideo-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloaders, media, video, video-downloader. - [svtplay-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/svtplay-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video, video-downloader. - [yewtube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yewtube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video, video-downloader, youtube. - [ykdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ykdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video, video-downloader. - [animdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/animdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [mkclean](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mkclean/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, streaming, video. - [youtubedr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/youtubedr/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, video. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/movgrab.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/movgrab.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph