https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30568 Skip to content Sign up * Why GitHub? + Features + Mobile + Actions + Codespaces + Packages + Security + Code review + Issues + Integrations + GitHub Sponsors + Customer stories * Team * Enterprise * Explore + Explore GitHub + Learn and contribute + Topics + Collections + Trending + Learning Lab + Open source guides + Connect with others + The ReadME Project + Events + Community forum + GitHub Education + GitHub Stars program * Marketplace * Pricing + Plans + Compare plans + Contact Sales + Education [ ] * # In this repository All GitHub | Jump to | * No suggested jump to results * # In this repository All GitHub | Jump to | * # In this organization All GitHub | Jump to | * # In this repository All GitHub | Jump to | Sign in Sign up {{ message }} ytdl-org / youtube-dl Public * Notifications * Fork 7k * Star 106k * * Code * Issues 4.1k * Pull requests 910 * Actions * Projects 2 * Security * Insights More * Code * Issues * Pull requests * Actions * Projects * Security * Insights New issue Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Pick a username [ ] Email Address [ ] Password [ ] [ ] Sign up for GitHub By clicking "Sign up for GitHub", you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We'll occasionally send you account related emails. Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account Jump to bottom Under new management #30568 Open dirkf opened this issue Jan 29, 2022 * 6 comments Open Under new management #30568 dirkf opened this issue Jan 29, 2022 * 6 comments Comments @dirkf Copy link @dirkf dirkf commented Jan 29, 2022 Thanks to @rg3 who created this program the project has a new maintainer. Also, many thanks to @dstftw and @remitamine for holding the fort over the last several years. I hope that we'll be able to make a new release soon and subsequently keep the program more up-to-date than has been the case for the last few months. The project has a fork https://github.com/yt-dlp that offers a lot of extra functions but demands an up-to-date Python version. This project will continue to target Python version 2.6, 2.7, or 3.2+, at least until no-one complains about 2.6 compatibility. PRs are very welcome, although there is a significant back-log to be handled. Back-ports of yt-dlp features are also welcome. Finally, I'd encourage anyone else who is interested in sharing maintenance duties to establish a track record and make themselves known. We want to keep this popular project alive with a community of future maintainers. The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: 23 8 23 [?] 4 3 @dirkf dirkf pinned this issue Jan 29, 2022 @dirkf dirkf mentioned this issue Jan 29, 2022 This repo is dead! RIP youtube-dl, please use yt-dlp repo #30022 Closed @dirkf dirkf mentioned this issue Jan 29, 2022 Project dead? #29965 Closed @pukkandan pukkandan mentioned this issue Jan 29, 2022 Add YoutubeSearchURLIE back #27749 Open 11 tasks dirkf referenced this issue Jan 29, 2022 @dstftw Move myself to inactive 21b7590 @dirkf dirkf mentioned this issue Jan 29, 2022 Is youtube-dl dead? #30267 Closed @Twangist Copy link @Twangist Twangist commented Jan 29, 2022 Supporting defunct versions of Python seems like a great way to handicap the project and a total waste of time. 57 1 Sorry, something went wrong. @boehs Copy link @boehs boehs commented Jan 29, 2022 This repository should just become yt-dlp tbh 7 1 Sorry, something went wrong. @VixieTSQ Copy link @VixieTSQ VixieTSQ commented Jan 29, 2022 this is ridiculous. Python 2 is dead 17 3 Sorry, something went wrong. @pukkandan Copy link @pukkandan pukkandan commented Jan 29, 2022 This repository should just become yt-dlp tbh By now, yt-dlp has accumulated various incompatibilities with youtube-dl and it is no longer a drop-in replacement for many users. So youtube-dl can't just "become yt-dlp". Since I do not intend to revert these changes, it is best that both projects co-exist. If you like to use yt-dlp, use it. And if you prefer youtube-dl, use this. It is a waste of everyone's time to post issues/comments asking for either project to "become" the other Sorry, something went wrong. @GodSaveTheDoge Copy link @GodSaveTheDoge GodSaveTheDoge commented Jan 29, 2022 fyi python 2 reached EOL 2 years ago, before windows 7 did. https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ 6 Sorry, something went wrong. @boehs Copy link @boehs boehs commented Jan 29, 2022 This repository should just become yt-dlp tbh By now, yt-dlp has accumulated various incompatibilities with youtube-dl and it is no longer a drop-in replacement for many users. So youtube-dl can't just "become yt-dlp". Since I do not intend to revert these changes, it is best that both projects co-exist. If you like to use yt-dlp, use it. And if you prefer youtube-dl, use this. It is a waste of everyone's time to post issues/ comments asking for either project to "become" the other fair enough! Consider mentioning dlp in the readme though? Sorry, something went wrong. @pukkandan pukkandan mentioned this issue Jan 29, 2022 [Discussion] Consider switching away from Unlicense yt-dlp/yt-dlp# 2345 Closed 4 tasks Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment Assignees No one assigned Labels None yet Projects None yet Milestone No milestone Linked pull requests Successfully merging a pull request may close this issue. None yet 6 participants @dirkf @Twangist @pukkandan @GodSaveTheDoge @boehs @VixieTSQ * (c) 2022 GitHub, Inc. * Terms * Privacy * Security * Status * Docs * Contact GitHub * Pricing * API * Training * Blog * About You can't perform that action at this time. You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.