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Install movgrab with Homebrew
Downloader for youtube, dailymotion, and other video websites. Version 3.1.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.
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Package summary
Downloader for youtube, dailymotion, and other video websites
Project links
Commands and aliases
- movgrab
history
Project history and usage
Movgrab is Colum Paget's C command-line downloader for web video and streaming media. The repository README describes it as a downloader for sites such as YouTube, BitChute, and Euronews, and also shows a radio-streaming use case where Movgrab writes a playlist or stream to stdout for a player such as mpg123. The same README credits Movgrab and libUseful to Colum Paget in 2009 and places the project under the GPL.
How it is used
The tool's practical niche is the older Unix style of media acquisition: a single command reads a video-page URL, chooses a downloadable stream, and saves or pipes the result. Its INSTALL notes show the expected autotools workflow and build switches for HTTPS downloads and large-file support, both important for a video downloader. Compared with larger and more actively maintained video downloaders, Movgrab is a smaller, C-based utility with limited visible adoption, so its history is best treated as a niche downloader from an earlier wave of command-line web-video tools.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:download,video
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
movgrab | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version3.1.2
manager updated2026-06-19
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:movgrab |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ColumPaget/Movgrab |
| Repository | https://github.com/ColumPaget/Movgrab |
| Last updated | 2026-06-19T12:32:39-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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