# 使用 Homebrew 安装 ykdl 查看 ykdl 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。 ## 安装 ```sh sudo av install brew:ykdl ``` 其他安装命令: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ykdl ``` 证据: local Homebrew formula metadata ## 软件包事实 - **软件包键:** brew:ykdl - **软件包管理器:** Homebrew - **版本:** 1.8.2 - **来源摘要:** Video downloader that focus on China mainland video sites - **主页:** - **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## 可执行文件 - ykdl (别名) ## 安装行为 - Bottle: 不可用 ## 版本和新鲜度 - 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03 - 管理器版本: 1.8.2 ## 项目历史与用法 ykdl, originally YouKuDownLoader, is a Python video downloader focused on mainland China video sites. The current README describes it as a fork of you-get, with structured source code, China-mainland site focus, and newer Python support expectations. ### 项目历史 The official README records a migration chain: the origin was zhangn1985/ykdl, later SeaHOH/ykdl, and now LifeActor/ykdl. The LifeActor repository was created in May 2016 and has continued the project under the same ykdl name. The project evolved from a Youku-oriented downloader name into a broader extractor collection. Its README highlights focus on China mainland video sites and points users to a site-status wiki, while release notes document repeated extractor updates for services such as Bilibili, Douban, DouYin, Huya, iQIYI, Weibo, and others. ### 采用历史 ykdl's adoption niche is regional and practical: users who need a command-line downloader for Chinese streaming platforms and are comfortable combining Python packaging with FFmpeg and mpv. The repository has more than a thousand stars and hundreds of forks, indicating a durable user base for a specialized downloader. The README presents several package-manager routes and a PyPI/GitHub install flow, but its deeper adoption story is maintenance against changing site extractors. Releases in the 1.7 and 1.8 series show the package tracking platform-specific breakage and compatibility. ### 使用方式 The README documents installing Python 3, updating pip and setuptools, installing ykdl from PyPI or GitHub, and ensuring command directories are on PATH. It also names FFmpeg for merging media files and mpv as the default player for compatibility. In practice ykdl is a command-line extractor/downloader: users give it media URLs from supported sites, then rely on FFmpeg/mpv integration and the maintained extractor list to download or play streams. ### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心 ykdl is important package-nerd material because it shows the regional fork ecology around video downloaders. It descends from you-get, migrated maintainers more than once, and survives by packaging extractor knowledge for sites that global downloaders may not prioritize. It also demonstrates why some CLI packages are valuable despite simple interfaces: the hard work is not the binary shape, but keeping many site adapters working as platforms change. ### 时间线 - 2016-05: LifeActor/ykdl repository created. - 2020-12: v1.7.0 release published. - 2021-08: v1.8.0 alpha releases begin. - 2022-03: v1.8.0 published with broad dependency, output, and site updates. - 2023-07: v1.8.2 published with playlist/API changes and extractor updates. ### Related projects - you-get: upstream project that ykdl forked from. - FFmpeg: documented helper for merging media files. - mpv: documented default player. - Bilibili, iQIYI, DouYin, Huya, Weibo, Douban: examples of site extractors mentioned in release notes. ### 来源 - - - - - ## 安全说明 broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中 - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ykdl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ykdl.yml) ## 来源 - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph