clive is a command line video extraction utility for Youtube and other video-sharing websites. It was written to work around the Adobe Flash plugin requirement.
See cclive for a rewrite of this program. See also the FAQ entry: "How is cclive different from clive?".
- Written in Perl
- Supports Unix-like systems although should run on others perl-capable systems
- Command line tool
- Front-end (GUI): abby
Supports a number of different video websites (Youtube, Dailymotion, etc.). For a more complete list, run the program with "--hosts".