Free YouTube tools that actually work

Grab a thumbnail in full resolution, work out how long a playlist takes to watch, build an embed code with the options YouTube does not give you, or draw a giveaway winner from the comments. No account, nothing to install, and nothing leaves your browser.Thumbnail DownloaderEmbed GeneratorID ExtractorLooking for the YoutubeDownloader Windows app?That is a separate open-source program by Tyrrrz, not made by us and not hosted here. These buttons go straight to its official GitHub releases, so you avoid the fake installer sites.1.16.6 26 Aug 2026 · latest1.16.5 25 Aug 20261.16.4 22 Apr 2026All 20 versions, install steps and safety notes

Looking to download a video?

Worth being straight with you, given the name of this site: we do not offer a video downloader, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.

Downloading videos is against YouTube’s Terms of Service unless a download button is offered inside YouTube itself, and the videos are almost always someone else’s copyrighted work. Sites that promise it tend to break every few weeks, bury the button under redirects, and lean on advertising that is worse than what it pays for.

What we can do is explain your legitimate options honestly. YouTube Premium has offline viewing built in. Creators can download their own uploads from YouTube Studio. Videos published under a Creative Commons licence can be reused within that licence. Our guides below cover the specifics, including for other platforms.

Looking for the YoutubeDownloader desktop app? A lot of people arrive here searching for the open-source Windows program of that name, which is not ours and is not this site. We keep a reference page for it listing every version with links to the official GitHub downloads, so you do not end up on one of the many fake installer sites.

Guides

Plain explanations of how downloading, sharing and saving actually work across the major platforms.
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How this site works

Every tool here runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing you paste is sent to our servers, logged, or stored, and there is no account to create. Some tools build their answer locally from the link alone; others ask YouTube’s public image server or its official API for the information, in which case the request goes from your browser straight to Google rather than through us. The FAQ sets out which tool does which.

The site is paid for by advertising, which is why you will see ads on these pages. We would rather say that plainly than claim to be ad-free while running them. How advertising cookies work here is set out in our privacy policy, and what we do and do not claim is covered in the disclaimer.

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