Want to download videos from sites like Youtube, Vimeo and Metcafe without much hassles on your Linux based computer? Well, here is one application that will simply blow your mind.

ClipGrab - Linux Video downloader

ClipGrab is an awesome web video downloader for Linux using which you can download videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Metcafe. However, the app does not have support for Blip.TV as of yet.

Let us now take a look at the various features of ClipGrab with the help of a screenshot tour:

ClipGrab - Initial screen where you have to enter the URL of the video you want to download

ClipGrab automatically grabs all information about the video corresponding to the entered URL

ClipGrab - check the download progress of the video

ClipGrab - settings page

ClipGrab Search lets you download videos from Youtube directly by searching

How To Install?

You can install ClipGrab in Ubuntu Linux using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab-team/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install clipgrab

After the app installed, you can launch it directly from the command line or from Applications > Internet > ClipGrab. Please let us know if you found this app useful.