Installation.

The recommended way to install The Dracula globally across macOS, Linux, and Windows:

pip install dracula-dl

pip install --upgrade dracula-dl

For local development or building directly from repository:

git clone https://github.com/AJAYMYTH/dracula-dl.git
cd dracula-dl
pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install pipx
pipx install git+https://github.com/AJAYMYTH/dracula-dl.git

FFmpeg is required for audio extraction (MP3/FLAC/M4A) and video stream merging.

winget install --id=Gyan.FFmpeg -e

brew install ffmpeg

sudo apt install ffmpeg

Run the CLI help and FFmpeg commands to verify your setup:

# Check Dracula CLI
dracula --help

# Check FFmpeg Installation
ffmpeg -version