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Authored by: bashonly, sepro, matyb08 Co-authored-by: sepro <sepro@sepr0.com> Co-authored-by: matyb08 <suricate66@protonmail.com>
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# Maintainers
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This file lists the maintainers of yt-dlp and their major contributions. See the [Changelog](Changelog.md) for more details.
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You can also find lists of all [contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [authors of youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/AUTHORS)
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## Core Maintainers
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Core Maintainers are responsible for reviewing and merging contributions, publishing releases, and steering the overall direction of the project.
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**You can contact the core maintainers via `maintainers@yt-dlp.org`.**
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This is **NOT** a support channel. [Open an issue](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/new/choose) if you need help or want to report a bug.
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### [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
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[](https://github.com/sponsors/coletdjnz)
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* Overhauled the networking stack and implemented support for `requests` and `curl_cffi` (`--impersonate`) HTTP clients
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* Reworked the plugin architecture to support installing plugins across all yt-dlp distributions (exe, pip, etc.)
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* Maintains support for YouTube
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* Added and fixed support for various other sites
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### [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
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* Rewrote and maintains the build/release workflows and the self-updater: executables, automated/nightly/master releases, `--update-to`
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* Overhauled external downloader cookie handling
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* Added `--cookies-from-browser` support for Firefox containers
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* Overhauled and maintains support for sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Twitter, TikTok, etc
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* Added support for sites like Dacast, Kick, Loom, SproutVideo, Triller, Weverse, etc
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### [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
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[](https://github.com/sponsors/Grub4K) [](https://ko-fi.com/Grub4K)
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* `--update-to`, self-updater rewrite, automated/nightly/master releases
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* Reworked internals like `traverse_obj`, various core refactors and bugs fixes
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* Implemented proper progress reporting for parallel downloads
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* Improved/fixed/added Bundestag, crunchyroll, pr0gramm, Twitter, WrestleUniverse etc
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### [sepro](https://github.com/seproDev)
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* UX improvements: Warn when ffmpeg is missing, warn when double-clicking exe
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* Code cleanup: Remove dead extractors, mark extractors as broken, enable/apply ruff rules
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* Improved/fixed/added ArdMediathek, DRTV, Floatplane, MagentaMusik, Naver, Nebula, OnDemandKorea, Vbox7 etc
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## Inactive Core Maintainers
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### [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)
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[](https://ko-fi.com/pukkandan)
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[](https://github.com/sponsors/pukkandan)
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* Founder of the fork
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* Lead Maintainer from 2021-2024
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### [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)
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[](https://ko-fi.com/shirt)
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* Multithreading (`-N`) and aria2c support for fragment downloads
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* Support for media initialization and discontinuity in HLS
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* The self-updater (`-U`)
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### [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)
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[](https://ko-fi.com/ashish0804)
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* Added support for new websites BiliIntl, DiscoveryPlusIndia, OlympicsReplay, PlanetMarathi, ShemarooMe, Utreon, Zee5 etc
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* Added playlist/series downloads for Hotstar, ParamountPlus, Rumble, SonyLIV, Trovo, TubiTv, Voot etc
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* Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc
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## Triage Maintainers
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Triage Maintainers are frequent contributors who can manage issues and pull requests.
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- [gamer191](https://github.com/gamer191)
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- [garret1317](https://github.com/garret1317)
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- [pzhlkj6612](https://github.com/pzhlkj6612)
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- [DTrombett](https://github.com/dtrombett)
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- [doe1080](https://github.com/doe1080)
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- [grqz](https://github.com/grqz)
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