Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hermes – Self-hosted video downloader
I've been playing with my home server again, and I was looking for a video downloader. I found one that looked great, but was no longer functional. So, I vibe-coded my own. Hermes is a REST API and web app built on top of yt-dlp. Why not just use yt-dlp? Additional features, phone support, and automations. Coming soon will be a very basic video editor so you can easily remux and trim your downloaded videos.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A clean and minimal youtube frontend, without all the ads and whistles - christian-fei/my-yt
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hermes Desktop▲215An open source terminal agent that builds its own skills
Jun 2026 · hermes-agent.nousresearch.com · its alternatives →
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A video and channel downloader that supports 110 websites, powered by Electron and youtube-dl - mayeaux/videodownloader
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A simple, configurable youtube-dl wrapper to download and manage youtube audio - RijulGulati/yt-audio
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lack of yt-dlp+ffmpeg and screenshots' limited size on my mobile phone prompted me to build a simple tool to download pictures from YouTube videos. Check it out. hope you guys find it useful
2024 · ytpics.com · its alternatives →
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Video Downloader▲213Download any online video from your favorite websites
2018 · videodownloader.io · its alternatives →
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An XMPP-based group chat server. Contribute to mattlong/hermes development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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All-in-one Confluence solution
2024 · marketplace.atlassian.com · its alternatives →
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Deploy Hermes▲105Private Telegram AI agents, live in under a minute
Apr 2026 · deploy-hermes.com · its alternatives →
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I found the manual process of downloading various YouTube assets painful so built a simple app to help myself and hopefully others. The app wraps up popular Python libraries (`yt-dlp, scrapetube, youtube-transcript-api`) and makes their functionality easier to use. Python and Docker versions are available.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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VODForge is a free, open-source YouTube downloader for macOS and Windows. Save local MP4 video or MP3 audio with quality, queue, metadata, and cover-art controls.
Sep 2026 · getvodforge.com · its alternatives →
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Hermes▲6Clear, trustworthy answers, anywhere on the web, with Hermes
2024 · cassy.dev · its alternatives →
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m2m, a purely command line bash application which allows you to download any video or playlist off of youtube dailymotion and pretty much anything yt-dlp supports
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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download manager, video downloader, music downloader
2021 · its alternatives →
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Free Video Downloader for YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and more!
2019 · vdownloader.com · its alternatives →
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Seamless YouTube downloads in one click no hassle,no limits.
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fast YouTube Video Downloader for MP3 & MP4
Jul 2026 · v1.yt1s.is · its alternatives →
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Now Download YouTube Videos without any hassle
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The sleek downloader for YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and more!
2020 · vdownloader.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm the maker behind YTShortsDL. The Problem Existing video download tools are designed for long-form video, not the short-form content ecosystem. When content creators try to repurpose dozens of YouTube Shorts across platforms (TikTok, Reels), they face significant friction: manually downloading one by one is slow and unreliable, leading to wasted hours and missed publishing windows. The focus is on individual files, not high-volume workflows. The Solution / How it Works We built YTShortsDL from the ground up to solve batch processing. We optimized the retrieval and queuing…
Nov 2025 · ytshortsdl.net · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built YNOT, a simple cross-platform YouTube downloader with a GUI. It's powered by yt-dlp and completely free/open-source (WTFPL license). Key features: - Simple GUI - just paste URL and download - Downloads HD/4K videos - Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) - No ads, no tracking, completely private - Lightweight and fast GitHub: https://github.com/james-see/ynot I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions!
2025 · james-see.github.io · its alternatives →
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