yt-dlp had set the standard for downloading YouTube videos. It is a fork of youtube-dl with a lot of improvements. It is more actively maintained and has a lot of new features. It is a command-line program that can be used to download videos from YouTube and other websites. It is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. GitHub

Installation​

With Homebrew:

brew install yt-dlp

To update yt-dlp:

brew upgrade yt-dlp

Usage​

To download a video:

yt-dlp <video-url>

For Example:

yt-dlp 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gt3r42tY5k'

To download a playlist:

yt-dlp <playlist-url>

For Example:

yt-dlp 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoK4oEuIx9U&list=PLlFS0wtICmJAUpqDUPRuf7DYG59by9oB5'

ffmpeg

yt-dlp uses ffmpeg to merge audio and video files. You need to have ffmpeg installed on your system. You can install it with Homebrew:

brew install ffmpeg