macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install you-getlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install you-get with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, Nix, zypper
Dumb downloader that scrapes the web. Version 0.4.1743 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add you-getAlpine Linux edge package indexes · you-get · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#you-getnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/yo/you-get/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install you-getopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · you-get · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install you-getChocolatey community package catalog · you-get · source: community.chocolatey.org
overview
Package summary
Dumb downloader that scrapes the web
Project links
Commands and aliases
- you-get
history
Project history and usage
you-get is a Python command-line downloader for media and other web resources. Its README calls it a tiny utility for downloading videos, audio, images, and arbitrary non-HTML content when there is no handier way to do it.
Project history
The public GitHub repository was created in August 2012, and PyPI metadata shows early published artifacts from late 2012. The project grew during the era when web video was split across YouTube, Youku/Tudou, Niconico, Vimeo, and many site-specific players, making small scraper-based downloaders a practical necessity.
From the beginning, you-get positioned itself with hacker-culture language: control over one's computer, avoiding closed-source browser technology, and using command-line tools to retrieve web media directly. Its documentation later added notices about contribution policy and Python support, reflecting the maintenance burden of a downloader that must track changing websites.
Adoption history
you-get became especially visible because it covered both global and Chinese media sites. The older PyPI description explicitly named YouTube and Youku/Tudou, while the modern README lists YouTube, Youku, Niconico, and many more supported sites.
The tool also crossed package ecosystems: its README documents pip, source checkout, Zsh Antigen, Homebrew, FreeBSD pkg, and Flox installation paths, while Homebrew and other package managers carry it as a single `you-get` executable. GitHub metadata in July 2026 showed tens of thousands of stars and thousands of forks, unusually high for a small CLI scraper.
How it is used
Users run `you-get URL` to inspect and download a media item, or `you-get -i URL` to list available streams, formats, quality levels, and sizes. The README also documents streaming online video to a media player, downloading images from pages, and retrieving arbitrary binary files.
Its practical niche overlaps youtube-dl/yt-dlp, but you-get historically appealed to users who wanted a compact Python command with broad site coverage and good support for Chinese video platforms.
Why package nerds care
you-get is package-manager folklore for the web-scraping era: tiny executable, huge maintenance surface. Every supported site is a moving target, so the package is less about a stable protocol and more about continuously packaging knowledge of the contemporary web.
It also shows why package managers carry media downloaders despite their fragility: users want a normal installable command, shell completions, and upgrade paths when sites change.
Timeline
- 2012-08-20: The public soimort/you-get GitHub repository is created.
- 2012-12: PyPI metadata shows early you-get distributions.
- 2019: The README points users away from conventional issue reporting toward the project contribution policy.
- 2022: The README announces eventual dropping of older Python 3.5-3.7 support.
- 2026-07: GitHub metadata shows very large community visibility for a command-line downloader.
Related projects
- youtube-dl and yt-dlp are the major adjacent Python media downloaders.
- FFmpeg is a recommended dependency for many media post-processing and stream-merging workflows.
- RTMPDump is listed as an optional dependency for legacy RTMP media workflows.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:download
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
you-get | 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.4.1743
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://you-get.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:you-get |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1743 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/you-get |
| Homepage | https://you-get.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/soimort/you-get |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/soimort/you-get#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2d/85/f4a22b842bc0e0f57dc56ae54266dbc451547cee90bae9480131100ad92a/you_get-0.4.1743.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | python@3.14, rtmpdump |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | To use post-processing options, run `brew install ffmpeg` or `brew install libav`. |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | you-get |
| 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%
you-get
nix profile install nixpkgs#you-get- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
apk95%
you-get 0.4.1650-r4
Tiny command line utility to download media contents
sudo apk add you-get- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: you-get
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
apk95%
you-get-bash-completion 0.4.1650-r4
Bash completions for you-get
sudo apk add you-get-bash-completion- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: you-get
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
apk95%
you-get-fish-completion 0.4.1650-r4
Fish completions for you-get
sudo apk add you-get-fish-completion- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: you-get
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
apk95%
you-get-pyc 0.4.1650-r4
Precompiled Python bytecode for you-get
sudo apk add you-get-pyc- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: you-get
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
apk95%
you-get-zsh-completion 0.4.1650-r4
Zsh completions for you-get
sudo apk add you-get-zsh-completion- License: MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: you-get
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
zypper95%
you-get 0.4.1743-1.5
Dumb downloader that scrapes the web
sudo zypper install you-get- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: you-get
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
zypper95%
you-get-bash-completion 0.4.1743-1.5
Bash completion for you-get
sudo zypper install you-get-bash-completion- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: you-get
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
zypper95%
you-get-fish-completion 0.4.1743-1.5
Fish completion for you-get
sudo zypper install you-get-fish-completion- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: you-get
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
zypper95%
you-get-zsh-completion 0.4.1743-1.5
Zsh Completion for you-get
sudo zypper install you-get-zsh-completion- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: you-get
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
Chocolatey95%
you-get
choco install you-get- normalized package name match
- Matched by: You Get
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 package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment