www/yt-dlp 2026.10.21 FreeBSD
Command-line program for downloading videos from various platforms
- System
- FreeBSD
- Repository
- FreeBSD ports
- Maintainer
- [email protected]
- Last update
- Commit
0807ab8ad7- License
- UNLICENSE
- Categories
- www
- Package size
- 2864.5 KiB, 3062.1 KiB installed
Description
A command-line program to download videos from youtube.com and many other video platforms.
This is a fork of youtube-dlc which is inturn a fork of youtube-dl.
In the other systems
| System | Port | Version |
|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD | www/yt-dlp | 2026.10.21 |
| OpenBSD | www/yt-dlp | 2026.08.19 |
| NetBSD | net/yt-dlp | 2026.8.19 |
| DragonFly | www/yt-dlp | 2025.03.31 |
| MidnightBSD | www/yt-dlp | 2026.03.17_2 |
| HardenedBSD | www/yt-dlp | 2026.08.19 |
| GhostBSD | www/yt-dlp | 2026.08.19 |
Install
Binary package:
pkg install yt-dlp
From the ports tree:
cd /usr/ports/www/yt-dlp/ && make install clean
To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:
RUN_DEPENDS= yt-dlp>0:www/yt-dlp
Packages
The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.
| Repository | aarch64 | amd64 | armv6 | armv7 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD:14:latest | 2026.08.19 | 2026.08.19 | - | 2025.06.09 | - |
| FreeBSD:14:quarterly | 2026.08.19 | 2026.08.19 | n/a | 2025.06.09 | - |
| FreeBSD:15:latest | 2026.08.19 | 2026.08.19 | n/a | 2025.06.09 | 2025.08.27 |
| FreeBSD:15:quarterly | 2026.08.19 | 2026.08.19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:latest | 2026.08.19 | 2026.08.19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FreeBSD:16:quarterly | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Dependencies
As this port's Makefile names them.
Build 10
zip: archivers/zip${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}brotli>0: archivers/py-brotli${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>0: security/py-certifi${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>0: audio/py-mutagen${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pycryptodomex>0: security/py-pycryptodomex${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.32.2: www/py-requests${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0: databases/py-sqlite3${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urllib3>=2.0.2: net/py-urllib3${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}websockets>=13.0: devel/py-websockets${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yt-dlp-ejs>0: www/py-yt-dlp-ejs
Runtime 9
${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}brotli>0: archivers/py-brotli${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>0: security/py-certifi${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>0: audio/py-mutagen${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pycryptodomex>0: security/py-pycryptodomex${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.32.2: www/py-requests${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0: databases/py-sqlite3${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urllib3>=2.0.2: net/py-urllib3${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}websockets>=13.0: devel/py-websockets${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yt-dlp-ejs>0: www/py-yt-dlp-ejs
The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.
Build dependencies 45
- archivers/brotli
- archivers/libdeflate
- archivers/liblz4
- archivers/py-brotli
- archivers/zip
- archivers/zstd
- audio/py-mutagen
- databases/py-sqlite3
- databases/sqlite3
- devel/dbus
- devel/gettext-runtime
- devel/gmake
- devel/libedit
- devel/libffi
- devel/py-websockets
- devel/readline
- dns/py-idna
- graphics/jbigkit
- graphics/jpeg-turbo
- graphics/lcms2
- graphics/lerc
- graphics/tiff
- lang/python312
- lang/python315
- lang/tcl86
- math/libtommath
- math/mpdecimal
- net/py-pysocks
- net/py-urllib3
- print/indexinfo
- security/py-certifi
- security/py-pycryptodomex
- textproc/expat2
- textproc/libxml2
- textproc/py-charset-normalizer
- www/deno
- www/py-requests
- www/py-yt-dlp-ejs
- x11/libICE
- x11/libSM
- x11/libX11
- x11/libXau
- x11/libXdmcp
- x11/libxcb
- x11/xorgproto
Run dependencies 85
- archivers/brotli
- archivers/libdeflate
- archivers/liblz4
- archivers/py-brotli
- archivers/zstd
- audio/lame
- audio/libogg
- audio/libvorbis
- audio/mpg123
- audio/opus
- audio/py-mutagen
- converters/fribidi
- converters/libiconv
- databases/py-sqlite3
- databases/sqlite3
- devel/dbus
- devel/gettext-runtime
- devel/glib20
- devel/libedit
- devel/libffi
- devel/libinotify
- devel/libunistring
- devel/pcre2
- devel/py-packaging
- devel/py-websockets
- devel/readline
- dns/libidn2
- dns/py-idna
- graphics/giflib
- graphics/graphite2
- graphics/jbigkit
- graphics/jpeg-turbo
- graphics/lcms2
- graphics/lerc
- graphics/png
- graphics/tiff
- graphics/webp
- lang/python312
- lang/python315
- lang/tcl86
- math/gmp
- math/libtommath
- math/mpdecimal
- multimedia/aom
- multimedia/dav1d
- multimedia/ffmpeg
- multimedia/libass
- multimedia/libbluray
- multimedia/libdvdcss
- multimedia/libdvdnav
- multimedia/libdvdread
- multimedia/libudfread
- multimedia/libvpx
- multimedia/libx264
- multimedia/svt-av1
- multimedia/vmaf
- multimedia/x265
- net/py-pysocks
- net/py-urllib3
- print/freetype2
- print/harfbuzz
- print/indexinfo
- security/gnutls
- security/libtasn1
- security/nettle
- security/p11-kit
- security/py-certifi
- security/py-pycryptodomex
- shells/bash
- textproc/expat2
- textproc/libunibreak
- textproc/libxml2
- textproc/py-charset-normalizer
- www/deno
- www/py-requests
- www/py-yt-dlp-ejs
- www/srt
- x11-fonts/fontconfig
- x11/libICE
- x11/libSM
- x11/libX11
- x11/libXau
- x11/libXdmcp
- x11/libxcb
- x11/xorgproto
Configuration
Options name: www_yt-dlp
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FFMPEG | on | FFmpeg support (WMA, AIFF, AC3, APE...) |
| SECRETSTORAGE | off | Build with ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}SecretStorage for secretstorage option |
| SYMLINK | on | Install youtube-dl symbolic link for executable |
- USES
- gmake python shebangfix
- Service scripts
- none
Files
Manual pages 1
- yt-dlp(1)
pkg-plist 6
- bin/youtube-dl
- bin/yt-dlp
- share/man/man1/yt-dlp.1.gz
- share/bash-completion/completions/yt-dlp
- share/fish/vendor_completions.d/yt-dlp.fish
- share/zsh/site-functions/_yt-dlp
distinfo 1
| File | Size | SHA256 |
|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp/2026.10.21/yt-dlp.tar.gz | 6.028705e+06 | 5f1e419f76e49c996061511ef9eacce50d4aa4959c34480539562e9e1295708d |
Master sites 1
- https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2026.10.21/