Tool for downloading Douyin content without watermarks
The Python-based Douyin downloader is a tool used to save videos, photo albums, and music from the social media platform Douyin to a computer without watermarks. The software automates the content archiving process with features such as batch download support, SQLite-based duplicate prevention, and browser backup.
Updates
- October 8, 2026: Stars 12,204 → 12,218, latest release desktop-v0.12.5 (October 8, 2026).
- October 7, 2026: Stars 12,088 → 12,204, latest release desktop-v0.12.4 (October 7, 2026).
- September 27, 2026: Stars 11,841 → 12,088, latest release desktop-v0.12.1 (September 23, 2026).
- September 16, 2026: Stars 11,656 → 11,841, latest release desktop-v0.11.6 (September 16, 2026).
What you get
- Saves videos, photo albums, and music without watermarks
- Automatically prevents duplicate downloads using an SQLite database
- Offers support for batch downloading and browser backup
Installation
pip install -r requirements.txtpip install playwright
python -m playwright install chromiumRunning it
python -m tools.cookie_fetcher --config config.ymlIf you don't write code
I want to download videos, photo albums, and music from the Douyin platform to my computer without watermarks. How should I prepare my configuration file to enable batch downloading, prevent duplicate records using the SQLite database, and activate the browser backup feature using this tool? Explain step-by-step which commands I should use to start the download process.
Repository: https://github.com/jiji262/douyin-downloader. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.
Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.
Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.
Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.
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TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-09-14: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.