Save That Douyin Video — douyin-downloader, Batch Archiving in HD

Scenario: you find amazing tutorials on Douyin — want to save and rewatch, but: official app only bookmarks one by one, online parser sites drown in ads, grabbing a teacher’s whole catalog is impossible. douyin-downloader fixes it: single videos, collections, entire author pages — batch download, watermark-free, HD, done.

Douyin’s Batch Archiver

douyin-downloader is an open batch-download tool for Douyin — paste a link and download; single videos, collections, full author pages in bulk, auto watermark removal, HD preserved. ‘Batch’ is the key: a creator’s whole catalog, one command.

Why the Author Built It

jiji262, an indie developer — plain motive: bookmarked favorites vanish (deleted, banned, expired) — safer on your own disk. From ‘saving my likes’ to ‘archiving for everyone’ — 11k+ stars prove how universal the need is.

Online Parser Sites or This?

‘On your disk’ vs ‘on someone’s server’ — two kinds of peace of mind.

Trust Check

Douyin changes anti-scraping often; downloaders die easily — this one survives on constant maintenance. ‘Still alive’ is the strongest trust signal in this category.

Where It’s Headed

Keep pace with platform changes, smoother batching — zero-friction archiving for things you love.

Install

git clone https://github.com/jiji262/douyin-downloader.git
cd douyin-downloader && pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py "video-link"            # single, auto watermark-free
python main.py "author-page-link" --all  # bulk, auto-numbered

Gotchas: platform changes can break it temporarily — update first; batches eat disk; add delays to avoid rate limits.

FAQ

• Q: Need Douyin login? A: Public content no — paste and go; private needs your cookie.
• Q: Quality? A: Original HD preserved.
• Q: TikTok? A: Douyin-focused — find dedicated tools for TikTok.

‘Save-on-sight’ or ‘bookmark-graveyard’ camp? Comment which — and what you’d archive.