yt-dlp/Collaborators.md

# 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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* YouTube improvements including: age-gate bypass, private playlists, multiple-clients (to avoid throttling) and a lot of under-the-hood improvements
* Added support for downloading YoutubeWebArchive videos



## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804)

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* Added support for new websites Zee5, MXPlayer, DiscoveryPlusIndia, ShemarooMe, Utreon etc
* Added playlist/series downloads for TubiTv, SonyLIV, Voot, HotStar etc