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youtube-dl-exec

Promise-friendly Node.js wrapper around youtube-dl / yt-dlp for downloading media.

v3.1.15, 5 Sept 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledVideo and audio
$ npm install youtube-dl-exec

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
34.4k
+194% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
5
Direct, from package.json
Last release
19 days ago
v3.1.15
GitHub stars
616
94 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
55

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050k100k150kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 118.3k (30 Jun 2026)Low 9.9k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

34,358 downloads last week, 206,449 in the last month. The 12-month change of +194% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
3.1.15, 5 Sept 202619 days ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
5 Sept 202619 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
55
Dependents on npm
97

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 18
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
28 kB
Dependencies (5)
dargsis-unixtinyspawndebug-logfmtbinary-version-check
npm install youtube-dl-exec
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/youtube-dl-exec@3.1.15/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/youtube-dl-exec@3.1.15/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/youtube-dl-exec@3.1.15
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
media-icons36.8k-3 years agoESM only-
react-player2.1m-10 months agoESM only-
vidstack63.2k-2 years agoESM only-
mediabunny2.8m-1 day agoESM + CommonJS-
@mediabunny/prores21.3k-1 day agoESM + CommonJS-
media-chrome2.7m-3 months agoESM + CommonJS-
vue-plyr6k-5 years agoESM + CommonJS-
@mediabunny/mp3-encoder853.1k-1 day agoESM + CommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.