# 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) [](https://ko-fi.com/pukkandan) * Owner of the fork ## [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) [](https://ko-fi.com/shirt) * 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) [](https://github.com/sponsors/coletdjnz) * 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 * Added support for new websites MainStreaming, PRX, nzherald, etc ## [Ashish0804](https://github.com/Ashish0804) [](https://ko-fi.com/ashish0804) * Added support for new websites BiliIntl, DiscoveryPlusIndia, OlympicsReplay, PlanetMarathi, ShemarooMe, Utreon, Zee5 etc * Added playlist/series downloads for Hotstar, ParamountPlus, Rumble, SonyLIV, Trovo, TubiTv, Voot etc * Improved/fixed support for HiDive, HotStar, Hungama, LBRY, LinkedInLearning, Mxplayer, SonyLiv, TV2, Vimeo, VLive etc ## [Lesmiscore](https://github.com/Lesmiscore) (nao20010128nao) **Bitcoin**: bc1qfd02r007cutfdjwjmyy9w23rjvtls6ncve7r3s **Monacoin**: mona1q3tf7dzvshrhfe3md379xtvt2n22duhglv5dskr * Download live from start to end for YouTube * Added support for new websites mildom, PixivSketch, skeb, radiko, voicy, mirrativ, openrec, whowatch, damtomo, 17.live, mixch etc