How to Download Twitter Videos in 2026

TL;DR

• No ads - Zero advertisements, ever
• Completely free - Free as air, open source forever
• No Twitter login for regular videos - Just paste the URL and download
• Twitter login required for NSFW videos - This is Twitter's policy, not ours

Why vget?

Most Twitter video downloaders are frustrating. They're riddled with pop-ups, fake download buttons, and sketchy redirects. Some even require you to create an account just to download a 10-second clip.

vget is different. It's a command-line tool that does one thing well: downloads your video, fast and clean.

Installation

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install guiyumin/tap/vget

Linux / macOS (curl)

curl -sSL https://vget.io/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://vget.io/install.ps1 | iex

Docker

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/downloads guiyumin/vget <twitter-url>

Download a Twitter Video

Just paste the tweet URL:

vget https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890

That's it. The video downloads to your current directory with a clean filename.

Specify Output Directory

vget https://twitter.com/user/status/123456 -o ~/Videos/

Choose Quality

# Download best quality available
vget https://twitter.com/user/status/123456 -q best

# Download 720p
vget https://twitter.com/user/status/123456 -q 720p

Downloading NSFW Content

Twitter requires authentication to access age-restricted content - this is their policy to verify user age. You'll need to provide your Twitter auth token:

# Set it once
vget config set twitter.auth_token YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN

# Then download as usual
vget https://twitter.com/user/status/123456

How to Get Your Auth Token

1. Open Twitter in your browser and log in
2. Open Developer Tools (F12)
3. Go to Application > Cookies > twitter.com
4. Find the cookie named auth_token
5. Copy its value

Your token is stored locally in ~/.config/vget/config.yml and never sent anywhere except Twitter's servers.

Supported URL Formats

vget handles all Twitter/X URL formats:

# Standard tweet URL
vget https://twitter.com/user/status/1234567890

# X.com domain
vget https://x.com/user/status/1234567890

# Mobile URLs
vget https://mobile.twitter.com/user/status/1234567890

# With query parameters (still works)
vget "https://twitter.com/user/status/1234567890?s=20"

Why Command Line?

You might wonder: why use a CLI tool when there are websites?

1. Speed - No waiting for pages to load, no clicking through multiple steps
2. Scriptable - Batch download multiple videos with a simple loop
3. Privacy - Your URLs aren't logged by some random website
4. Reliability - Works when online downloaders get blocked

Batch Download Example

# Download multiple videos
for url in \
  "https://twitter.com/user/status/111" \
  "https://twitter.com/user/status/222" \
  "https://twitter.com/user/status/333"
do
  vget "$url"
done

Common Issues

"Video not found"

• Make sure the tweet actually contains a video (not just images or a link)
• Check if the tweet is from a private account
• For NSFW content, you must set your auth token (Twitter's policy requires login for age-restricted content)

"Rate limited"

Twitter has rate limits. Wait a few minutes and try again, or set your auth token to get higher limits.

More Than Just Twitter

vget also supports:

• YouTube
• Xiaohongshu (XHS)
• Xiaoyuzhou podcasts
• Direct video URLs

Get Started

# Install
brew install guiyumin/tap/vget

# Download
vget https://twitter.com/your-favorite-video

# Done

No ads. No accounts. No nonsense.

Questions or issues? Open an issue on GitHub.