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# Collaborators

This is a list of the collaborators of the project and their major contributions. See the [Changelog](Changelog.md) for more details.

You can also find lists of all [contributors of yt-dlp](CONTRIBUTORS) and [authors of youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/AUTHORS)


## [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan)

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* Owner of the fork



## [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev)

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* Multithreading (`-N`) and aria2c support for fragment downloads
* Support for media initialization and discontinuity in HLS
* The self-updater (`-U`)



## [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)

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* Improved plugin architecture
* YouTube improvements including: age-gate bypass, private playlists, multiple-clients (to avoid throttling) and a lot of under-the-hood improvements
* Added support for new websites YoutubeWebArchive, MainStreaming, PRX, nzherald, Mediaklikk, StarTV etc
* Improved/fixed support for Patreon, panopto, gfycat, itv, pbs, SouthParkDE etc



## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) <sub><sup>[Inactive]</sup></sub>

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* Added support for new websites BiliIntl, DiscoveryPlusIndia, OlympicsReplay, PlanetMarathi, ShemarooMe, Utreon, Zee5 etc
* Added playlist/series downloads for Hotstar, ParamountPlus, Rumble, SonyLIV, Trovo, TubiTv, Voot etc
* Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc


## [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore)

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* Download live from start to end for YouTube
* Added support for new websites AbemaTV, mildom, PixivSketch, skeb, radiko, voicy, mirrativ, openrec, whowatch, damtomo, 17.live, mixch etc
* Improved/fixed support for fc2, YahooJapanNews, tver, iwara etc


## [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)

* `--update-to`, automated release, nightly builds
* `--cookies-from-browser` support for Firefox containers
* Added support for new websites Genius, Kick, NBCStations, Triller, VideoKen etc
* Improved/fixed support for Anvato, Brightcove, Instagram, ParamountPlus, Reddit, SlidesLive, TikTok, Twitter, Vimeo etc


## [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)

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* `--update-to`, automated release, nightly builds
* Rework internals like `traverse_obj`, various core refactors and bugs fixes
* Helped fix crunchyroll, Twitter, wrestleuniverse, wistia, slideslive etc