FREE-BUFF 1.1

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

FREE STUFF

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader for thousands of websites.

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What is FREE STUFF?

FREE STUFF lets you download videos and audio from YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, and thousands of other sites — all from one command.

It is a fork of yt-dlp (which is itself a fork of youtube-dl).

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Installation

Worldwide — one command

pip install FREE--BUFF

Then use it:

freestuff "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..."

Windows (no Python needed)

Download and run install_freestuff.bat from the repo — it sets up FREE STUFF globally without needing Python installed.

Upgrade

pip install --upgrade FREE--BUFF

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Quick Start

# Download a video (best quality)
freestuff "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# Download audio only (MP3)
freestuff -x --audio-format mp3 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# List available formats
freestuff -F "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# Download a specific format
freestuff -f 137+140 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# Download an entire playlist
freestuff "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL..."

# Download with custom filename
freestuff -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..."

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Supported Sites

FREE STUFF supports thousands of websites. See the full list in supportedsites.md.

Major platforms include:

• YouTube, YouTube Music
• Twitter / X
• TikTok
• Twitch
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Vimeo
• SoundCloud
• Bandcamp
• Reddit
• And 1500+ more

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+ (for pip install)
• ffmpeg (recommended for merging audio/video and post-processing)

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Author

RAHUL CHANDRA

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License

Unlicense — public domain. Do whatever you want.