YouTube transcript downloader
Download captions / transcript for any public YouTube video.
- Developer
- Free to use
- Server processed
Your input
Set your options
Run YouTube Transcript Downloader
Processed on our servers. Sent over TLS, and any file it makes is deleted an hour later — 24 hours if you are signed in.
Type or paste your input above to run this tool.
Three steps
How to use YouTube Transcript Downloader
- Step 01
Pick your input
Paste your text into the box above.
- Step 02
Configure & run
Adjust the options (format, language, include timestamps) and click Run. The work runs on our own infrastructure — no third-party processing APIs in the path.
- Step 03
Download the result
A single text/plain is downloadable below the form.
This tool runs on our servers. There is nothing to upload, and any file it makes is deleted an hour after it is made — 24 hours if you are signed in. We do not use third-party processing APIs.
About YouTube Transcript Downloader
Get the full transcript or captions of any YouTube video as TXT, SRT, VTT, or JSON. It sits in the developer shelf alongside 76 other developer tools, needs no account, and keeps the same behaviour whether you open it here or call it through the REST API.
It works from what you type in rather than a file and gives back text. The work happens on our servers. There is nothing to upload, and any file it makes is deleted an hour later — 24 hours if you are signed in. The same operation is available programmatically at POST /v1/dev/youtube-transcript-downloader.
YouTube Transcript Downloader questions
Where does YouTube Transcript Downloader do its work?
On our own servers. There is no file to upload: what you enter is sent over TLS and processed on our infrastructure — no third-party processing APIs are in the path — and any file it makes is deleted within an hour.
Do I need an account to use YouTube Transcript Downloader?
No. YouTube Transcript Downloader works without signing in, and that is not a trial — it is how the free tier works. An account only matters for things that need one to exist at all: larger server jobs against your quota, API keys, saved workflows and billing.
Can I run YouTube Transcript Downloader from my own code?
Yes. Every tool on the site is reachable from the REST API with the same slug — `youtube-transcript-downloader` — and the same options as this page, so anything you can do here you can automate.