macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install yle-dllocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install yle-dl with Homebrew, dnf, Nix
Download Yle videos from the command-line. Version 20260624 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install yle-dlFedora Rawhide package metadata · yle-dl · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#yle-dlnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/yl/yle-dl/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Download Yle videos from the command-line
Project links
Commands and aliases
- yle-dl
history
Project history and usage
`yle-dl` is a command-line downloader for media from the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, especially Yle Areena, Elava Arkisto, and Yle news. It is a niche but long-lived package whose value is keeping local CLI workflows working as Yle's streaming formats and site behavior change.
Project history
The project changelog records an initial release on 2009-06-14. Early entries show the tool quickly adapting to Yle's streaming service behavior, including FLV naming, resume support, RTMP packet changes, Akamai/live stream support, YLE pass cookie handling, and User-Agent requirements.
The current README describes a Python tool for downloading Yle media, with dependencies on Python, ffmpeg, and wget for podcasts. The repository was created on GitHub on 2012-04-11, after the project had already been maintained for several years.
Adoption history
Adoption appears mostly local and regional rather than broad global infrastructure adoption: the project documents contributed packages for distributions, Homebrew includes it, and the README has OS-specific installation notes for Debian, Ubuntu, macOS, Windows, and Android.
Its longevity comes from maintenance rather than ecosystem hype. Recent changelog entries continue to track Yle Areena changes, subtitle behavior, Python version support, ffmpeg behavior, podcasts, live TV commands, and metadata output.
How it is used
Users pass an Areena, Elava Arkisto, or Yle news URL to `yle-dl`, optionally saving to a chosen filename, reading URLs from a file, piping to a player, downloading subtitles, selecting resolution or bitrate, recording live TV channels, or printing stream metadata as JSON.
The tool also supports config files at `~/.yledl.conf` or `~/.config/yledl.conf`, which is package-nerd relevant because it behaves like a normal Unix CLI despite targeting one broadcaster's changing web services.
Why package nerds care
`yle-dl` is significant as a small regional media CLI that survived by tracking a hostile-to-static-assumptions web surface. It is the kind of package that matters disproportionately to users in one country and quietly exercises package-manager support for Python, ffmpeg, platform filename rules, subtitles, and live streams.
Timeline
- 2009-06-14: Changelog records version 1.0 as the initial release.
- 2009-07-15: Version 1.1 adds Areena net radios, live streams, Akamai support, and YLE pass cookie support.
- 2012-04-11: GitHub repository created.
- 2024-04-29: Changelog records a new command for recording live TV and support for a new Areena stream type.
- 2026-06-24: Changelog records support for Areena Lyhyet videos and subtitle-only improvements.
Related projects
- Yle Areena, Elava Arkisto, and Yle news are the services targeted by the downloader.
- ffmpeg, wget, mpv, and VLC are common adjacent tools in the documented workflow.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for yle-dl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.yledl.conf~/.config/yledl.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
yle-dl | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-07
manager version20260624
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.html
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.htmlnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:yle-dl |
|---|---|
| Version | 20260624 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/yle-dl |
| Homepage | https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.html |
| Repository | https://github.com/aajanki/yle-dl |
| Upstream docs | https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.html |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d1/d7/3702ab9c244aa3eb07bebd5abf3af31fd720b55c346324b4b9b25251f1ec/yle_dl-20260624.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-25T17:06:26Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, ffmpeg, python@3.14, rtmpdump |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2, libxslt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | yle-dl |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
yle-dl
nix profile install nixpkgs#yle-dl- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Yle Dl
dnf95%
yle-dl 20250730-7.fc45
Download videos from Yle servers
https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.html
sudo dnf install yle-dl- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: yle-dl
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Yle Dl
dnf95%
yle-dl+extra 20250730-7.fc45
Metapackage for yle-dl: extra extras
https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/index-en.html
sudo dnf install yle-dl+extra- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: yle-dl
- 3 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Yle Dl
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment