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Description:
Fast and simple video downloader

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: video-downloader cli go multimedia downloader

Install: brew install lux

About:
Lux is a fast and simple video downloader written in Go. It supports downloading videos from a wide range of popular websites, including YouTube, Bilibili, and Twitter. The tool focuses on high performance and ease of use, providing a straightforward command-line interface for fetching video content.

Key Features:

Multi-site support for dozens of video platforms
Written in Go for high performance and single-binary deployment
Simple and intuitive command-line interface
Supports downloading subtitles, thumbnails, and metadata

Use Cases:

Downloading videos for offline viewing or archival purposes
Automating video content retrieval in scripts
Fetching high-quality video streams from supported platforms

Alternatives:

yt-dlp – The most feature-rich and actively maintained fork of youtube-dl, supporting a vast number of sites and advanced features like format selection and post-processing.
gallery-dl – A specialized tool for downloading image galleries from various sites, with powerful configuration options for organizing and naming files.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 4:32am		0	VERSION_BUMP	99df8031