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YouTube Captions Downloader — CC to Text, SRT & VTT

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Download YouTube closed captions (CC) as plain text, SRT and VTT, with timestamped segments and video metadata, in any available language. Works with manual and auto-generated captions.

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from $3.00 / 1,000 video captions

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YouTube Captions Downloader - CC to Text & SRT API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Captions Downloader — CC to Text, SRT & VTT locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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