Johnserf-Seed/TikTokDownload
TikTokDownload
TikTokDownload is a configurable batch video downloader for TikTok and Douyin that strips watermarks and supports automated downloads from user profiles, likes, and collections. It functions as a social media content archiving tool, enabling users to download videos and audio from these platforms for offline viewing or personal backup.
The project distinguishes itself through a modular download pipeline that combines audio extraction, batch scheduling, config-driven workflows, cookie-based authentication, URL parsing, paginated API scraping, and watermark removal. It uses a settings file to control output paths, skip logic, and batch behavior, and reuses browser cookies to authenticate API requests without requiring OAuth tokens or login credentials.
The tool supports both batch user profile downloads and single video link downloads, with the ability to extract watermark-free video streams by intercepting and reassembling CDN fragments before the platform applies overlay watermarks. It also separates audio tracks from video containers by parsing MP4/M4A metadata and downloading independent audio streams.
The project is configured through a local settings file that controls download options such as output directory and skip-downloaded file logic, with a batch-queue scheduler managing concurrent download tasks using a producer-consumer pattern with configurable rate limiting and retry logic.
