bashninja/docker-youtube-dl repository overview

⁠What is youtube-dl?

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

⁠How to use this image

$ docker run --rm --user $UID:$GID -v "$(pwd):/src" bashninja/docker-youtube-dl \
      <video_url>

• --user $UID:$GID is to run as your current user, and not root.
• -v "$(pwd):/src" 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.

⁠Features of this image

• 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.

⁠User Feedback

Having more issues? Report a bug on GitHub⁠.

This was based on the work done at wernight/docker-youtube-dl⁠, but it was not being kept up to date for my uses, so I have tweaked it to be a newer/better version.