Download Youtube Videos with Clipgrab

Microsoft has recently released an update for its new browser that includes the native option to download YouTube videos. An interesting option but that Ubuntu and Gnu / Linux have had for a long time. There are many programs and plugins to do it, but if you have Ubuntu, Clipgrab is the best option. What's more Clipgrab does not consume browser resources since we can download the video without having to open the browser.

Clipgrab is a free option which curiously not only can be installed on Gnu / Linux but also has a version for Windows. Still, the best option, as always, is to use Gnu / Linux.

ClipGrab Installation

If we have Ubuntu, the installation can be done through commands, we open a terminal and write the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa

sudo apt-get update &&  sudo apt-get install clipgrab -y

In case of having another distribution, we have to go to the official website To download the tar package, once downloaded we open a terminal in the folder that has been created and execute the following commands:

qmake clipgrab.pro && make

This will create a "clipgrab" file that will be run by typing ./clipgrab

With this we will have the installation of the ClipGrab program.

ClipGrab handling

Once we open the program, we will see a window with four tabs. In the «attempting»We can search for the videos we want to download without having to go to the browser, once selected, we go to the download option and that's it. In the Downloads tab, the process is faster, we only have to enter the url of the video and the download options, since Clipgrab allows us to download the video or simply download the mp3 audio file. What we prefer.

The Clipgrab option is very interesting because we do not have to go to a browser extension, especially it is interesting for teams with few resources that cannot afford to use Google Chrome.