By: akhilkedia94
This is a firefox addon to which downloads youtube videos using youtube-dl.
THIS WILL NOT WORK ON WINDOWS.
THIS ADDON WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT YOUTUBE-DL.
THIS ADDON WILL ONLY WORK ON LINUX.
Vidego - Universal Video Downloader →
Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
Manifest V2 Add-on
- By:
- akhilkedia94
- Daily users:
- 98 -3
- Rating:
- 3.00 (5)
- Version:
- 1.4 Last updated: 2020-04-16
- Version code:
- 5006328
- Creation date:
- 2018-06-24
- Risk:
- Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- nativeMessaging
- notifications
- activeTab
- cookies
- <all_urls>
- nativeMessaging
- Size:
- 10.81KB
- URLs:
- Website
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-07-13
- Compare stats and ranking:
- Youtube-dl for Linux vs Yt-dl Addon for Windows
- Youtube-dl for Linux vs youtube-dl downloader
- Youtube-dl for Linux vs yt-dlp downloader Win/Linux
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User Reviews
by 敬念*****, 2025-04-02
by 远离*****, 2025-03-03
Is Youtube-dl for Linux Safe?
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Youtube-dl for Linux requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.
Youtube-dl for Linux is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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