Lux
👾 Fast and simple video download library and CLI tool written in Go
Install / Use
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👾 Lux is a fast and simple video downloader built with Go.
- Installation
- Getting Started
- Supported Sites
- Known issues
- Contributing
- Authors
- Similar projects
- License
Installation
Prerequisites
The following dependencies are required and must be installed separately.
Note: FFmpeg does not affect the download, only affects the final file merge.
Install via go install
To install Lux, use go install, or download the binary file from Releases page.
$ go install github.com/iawia002/lux@latest
Homebrew (macOS only)
For macOS users, you can install lux via:
$ brew install lux
Arch Linux
For Arch Users AUR package is available.
Void Linux
For Void linux users, you can install lux via:
$ xbps-install -S lux
Scoop on Windows
$ scoop install lux
Chocolatey on Windows
$ choco install lux
Cask on Windows/macOS/Linux
$ cask install github.com/iawia002/lux
Getting Started
Usage:
lux [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
Download a video
$ lux "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
Site: YouTube youtube.com
Title: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video)
Type: video
Stream:
[248] -------------------
Quality: 1080p video/webm; codecs="vp9"
Size: 63.93 MiB (67038963 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 248 ...
41.88 MiB / 63.93 MiB [=================>-------------] 65.51% 4.22 MiB/s 00m05s
The -i option displays all available quality of video without downloading.
$ lux -i "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
Site: YouTube youtube.com
Title: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video)
Type: video
Streams: # All available quality
[248] -------------------
Quality: 1080p video/webm; codecs="vp9"
Size: 49.29 MiB (51687554 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 248 ...
[137] -------------------
Quality: 1080p video/mp4; codecs="avc1.640028"
Size: 43.45 MiB (45564306 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 137 ...
[398] -------------------
Quality: 720p video/mp4; codecs="av01.0.05M.08"
Size: 37.12 MiB (38926432 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 398 ...
[136] -------------------
Quality: 720p video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d401f"
Size: 31.34 MiB (32867324 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 136 ...
[247] -------------------
Quality: 720p video/webm; codecs="vp9"
Size: 31.03 MiB (32536181 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f 247 ...
Use lux -f stream "URL" to download a specific stream listed in the output of -i option.
Download anything else
If Lux is provided the URL of a specific resource, then it will be downloaded directly:
$ lux "https://img9.bcyimg.com/drawer/15294/post/1799t/1f5a87801a0711e898b12b640777720f.jpg"
lux doesn't support this URL right now, but it will try to download it directly
Site: Universal
Title: 1f5a87801a0711e898b12b640777720f
Type: image/jpeg
Stream:
[default] -------------------
Size: 1.00 MiB (1051042 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
1.00 MiB / 1.00 MiB [===================================] 100.00% 1.21 MiB/s 0s
Download playlist
The -p option downloads an entire playlist instead of a single video.
$ lux -i -p "https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/play/ep198061"
Site: 哔哩哔哩 bilibili.com
Title: Doctor X 第四季：第一集
Type: video
Streams: # All available quality
[default] -------------------
Quality: 高清 1080P
Size: 845.66 MiB (886738354 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
Site: 哔哩哔哩 bilibili.com
Title: Doctor X 第四季：第二集
Type: video
Streams: # All available quality
[default] -------------------
Quality: 高清 1080P
Size: 930.71 MiB (975919195 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
......
You can use the -start, -end or -items option to specify the download range of the list:
-start
Playlist video to start at (default 1)
-end
Playlist video to end at
-items
Playlist video items to download. Separated by commas like: 1,5,6,8-10
For bilibili playlists only:
-eto
File name of each bilibili episode doesn't include the playlist title
Multiple inputs
You can also download multiple URLs at once:
$ lux -i "https://www.bilibili.com/video/av21877586" "https://www.bilibili.com/video/av21990740"
Site: 哔哩哔哩 bilibili.com
Title: 【莓机会了】甜到虐哭的13集单集MAD「我现在什么都不想干,更不想看14集」
Type: video
Streams: # All available quality
[default] -------------------
Quality: 高清 1080P
Size: 51.88 MiB (54403767 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
Site: 哔哩哔哩 bilibili.com
Title: 【莓救了】甜到虐哭！！！国家队单集MAD-当熟悉的bgm响起，眼泪从脸颊滑下
Type: video
Streams: # All available quality
[default] -------------------
Quality: 高清 1080P
Size: 77.63 MiB (81404093 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
These URLs will be downloaded one by one.
You can also use the -F option to read URLs from file:
$ lux -F ~/Desktop/u.txt
Site: 微博 weibo.com
Title: 在Google，我们设计什么？ via@阑夕
Type: video
Stream:
[default] -------------------
Size: 19.19 MiB (20118196 Bytes)
# download with: lux -f default "URL"
19.19 MiB / 19.19 MiB [=================================] 100.00% 9.69 MiB/s 1s
......
You can use the -start, -end or -items option to specify the download range of the list:
-start
File line to start at (default 1)
-end
File line to end at
-items
File lines to download. Separated by commas like: 1,5,6,8-10
Resume a download
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> interrupts a download.
A temporary .download file is kept in the output directory. If lux is ran with the same arguments, then the download progress will resume from the last session.
Auto retry
lux will auto retry when the download failed, you can specify the retry times by -retry option (default is 100).
Cookies
Cookies can be provided to lux with the -c option if they are required for accessing the video.
Cookies can be the following format or Netscape Cookie format:
name=value; name2=value2; ...
Cookies can be a string or a text file, supply cookies in one of the two following ways.
As a string:
$ lux -c "name=value; name2=value2" "https://www.bilibili.com/video/av20203945"
As a text file:
$ lux -c cookies.txt "https://www.bilibili.com/video/av20203945"
Proxy
You can set the HTTP/SOCKS5 proxy using environment variables:
$ HTTP_PROXY="http://127.0.0.1:1087/" lux -i "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnbch2osEeo"
$ HTTP_PROXY="socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/" lux -i "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnbch2osEeo"
Multi-Thread
Use --multi-thread or -m multiple threads to download single video.
Use --thread or -n option to set the number of download threads(default is 10).
Note: If the video has multi fragment, the number of actu
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