PyIDM - An Open Source Alternative to IDM (Internet Download Manager) | Linux Today

PyIDM – An Open Source Alternative to IDM (Internet Download Manager)

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Aaron Kili
Feb 27, 2020

TecMint: pyIDM is a free, open-source alternative to IDM (Internet Download Manager), used to download general files and videos from youtube as well as other streaming websites. It is developed using Python (requires Python 3.6+) and relies only on open source tools and libraries such as pycurl, youtube_dl, FFmpeg, and pysimplegui.

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Aaron Kili

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