• latest

youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites.

$ docker run --rm --user $UID:$GID -v $PWD:/downloads wernight/youtube-dl \
      <video_url>

• --user $UID:$GID is to run as your current user, and not root.
• -v $PWD:/downloads is to store downloaded files in the current working directory.
• <video_url> is the ID of a YouTube video or other arguments to pass to youtube-dl.

Note: The entrypoint is set to youtube-dl, so do not put youtube-dl again as argument.

• Small: Built based on official Alpine Linux.
• Simple: One command and you should be ready to go. All documented here.
• Secure: Runs as any user.

Having more issues? Report a bug on GitHub.