Free tool
YouTube subtitle
downloader
Paste a YouTube URL and download its subtitles as an SRT, WebVTT or plain-text file. Free, no signup, no software — works with auto-generated captions in 12+ languages.
Works on videos with captions. Reads the transcript only — no download of the video.
Any format you need
Download as SRT for editors and players, WebVTT for the web, or plain text to repurpose the words.
Auto-captions too
Grabs YouTube's auto-generated subtitles when that's all a video has — pick the language before you fetch.
Then clip it
Those same captions feed Nova's clip finder — it cuts the video into captioned vertical shorts automatically.
Questions? Answers.
Is the subtitle downloader free?
Yes — paste any public video URL and download its captions as SRT, VTT or TXT, free and with no signup. It reads the video's caption track, so no video download is needed.
What formats can I download?
SRT (the standard subtitle format most editors and players accept), WebVTT (for the web/HTML5 video), and plain text (just the spoken words, no timestamps).
Does it work on auto-generated captions?
Yes. If a video only has YouTube's auto-generated subtitles, it downloads those. If a video has no captions at all, we'll tell you.
What languages are supported?
Pick the caption language before you fetch — English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and more, when the video has captions in that language.
Can I turn the video into clips too?
Yes — that's what Nova does. The same captions power Nova's clip finder: it cuts a long video into captioned, vertical short-form clips automatically. Try it free.
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