编辑“︁Youtube-dl”︁（章节）

== 历史 ==
youtube-dl项目由Ricardo Garcia创建于2008年。源代码由[[Python]]编写，托管在[[GitHub]]上。<ref>{{cite web |author=Garcia  Ricardo  |title=Release 2008.07.22 |date=2008-07-22|url=https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2008.07.22 |website=GitHub |accessdate=2020-10-30|language=en}}</ref>最初仅支持YouTube，但随着项目的发展，开始支持其他视频网站。<ref>{{cite web |author=ytdl-org |title=Supported sites |url=https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/docs/supportedsites.md |website=GitHub |accessdate=2020-10-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010121918/https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/docs/supportedsites.md |archivedate=2020-10-10 |language=en |dead-url=no }}</ref>2011年Ricardo Garcia不再维护此项目，由phihag接手，后转移给dstftw。<ref>{{cite web |author=Garcia  Ricardo |title=It's very nice to see a project I started reach the front page of HN. |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648436 |website=[[Hacker News]] |date=2014-11-23 |accessdate=2020-10-25 |language=en |archive-date=2020-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029002625/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8648436 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
=== 分支 ===
2020年8月28日，GitHub用户blackjack4494在项目issue区发表《youtube-dl正在走向死亡吗？》<ref>{{cite web |author=blackjack4494 |title=Youtube-dl is dying? |url=https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462 |website=GitHub |accessdate=2020-10-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014194602/https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/26462 |archivedate=2020-10-14 |date=2020-08-28 |language=en |dead-url=no }}</ref>的帖子，表达对youtube-dl的主维护者dstftw和remitamine长期不活跃且有大量PR未合并的不满，并创建分支youtube-dlc。<ref>{{cite web |title=Youtube-dlc – Download videos from YouTube or other video platforms |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24450560 |website=Hacker News |accessdate=2020-10-30 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511190841/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24450560 }}</ref>後 youtube-dlc 合併至更爲活躍的[https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp yt-dlp] <ref>{{Cite web |title=yt-dlp Online Downloader |url=https://yt-dlp.online/ |website=yt-dlp.online |language=en |access-date=2026-01-10}}</ref>{{Wayback|url=https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp |date=20220519003416 }}專案並新增更多網站的支持。