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Crocchetto edited this page Nov 7, 2026 · 10 revisions
crovd

what is govd?

govd is an extremely lightweight telegram bot for downloading media from various platforms. it supports a vast number of extractors, uses minimal resources and is easy to deploy with docker.

what is crovd?

crovd is a fork of govd with some fixes and more functionalities:

  • youtube extractor now supports yt-dlp too (how to set it up)
  • support for xiaohongshu/rednote, hoyolab, bluesky, bilibili, miyoushe, skport, kkinstagram
  • supports twitter original quality for photos with proper fallback
  • animated GIF/APNG/WEBP are now converted to MP4
  • download directory now is automatically created without errors
  • if instagram responds with an empty url the extractor doesn't just stop
  • updated instagram api endpoints and 3rd backend key
  • added an option to set the impersonate as default for extractors that require it (xiaohongshu, instagram)
  • updated action versions
  • reddit extractor now supports redd.it short ids and u/ share links
  • reddit extractor has a vxreddit fallback
  • fix in m3u8 parser for reddit HLS stream videos
  • instagram extractor now has more fallback (gql, embed, polaris)
  • instagram stories work without cookies
  • no cookies for igram

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