# 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 ```sh sudo av install brew:you-get ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install you-get ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add you-get ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#you-get ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yo/you-get/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install you-get ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: you-get from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install you-get ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: you-get from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:you-get - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4.1743 - **Source summary:** Dumb downloader that scrapes the web - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - you-get (cli) - you-get (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 - rtmpdump ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: To use post-processing options, run `brew install ffmpeg` or `brew install libav`. - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.4.1743 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://you-get.org/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 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:** you-get - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - you-get: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yo/you-get/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - you-get - 0.4.1650-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tiny command line utility to download media contents | https://you-get.org - apk - you-get-bash-completion - 0.4.1650-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for you-get | https://you-get.org - apk - you-get-fish-completion - 0.4.1650-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for you-get | https://you-get.org - apk - you-get-pyc - 0.4.1650-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for you-get | https://you-get.org - apk - you-get-zsh-completion - 0.4.1650-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: you-get-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for you-get | https://you-get.org - zypper - you-get - 0.4.1743-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: you-get from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Dumb downloader that scrapes the web | https://you-get.org - zypper - you-get-bash-completion - 0.4.1743-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: you-get-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for you-get | https://you-get.org - zypper - you-get-fish-completion - 0.4.1743-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: you-get-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish completion for you-get | https://you-get.org - zypper - you-get-zsh-completion - 0.4.1743-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: you-get-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for you-get | https://you-get.org - Chocolatey - you-get: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: you-get from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' ## Related links - [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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rtmpdump](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rtmpdump/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gallery-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gallery-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, python. - [gamdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gamdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, python. - [instaloader](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instaloader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, python. - [instalooter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instalooter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, python. - [youtubedr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/youtubedr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media, video-download. - [yt-dlp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yt-dlp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloader, downloaders, media. - [dash-mpd-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dash-mpd-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloaders, media. - [dezoomify-rs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dezoomify-rs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, downloaders, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/you-get.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/you-get.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph