Music Downloader: MP3 from a Link

You found a track on a streaming platform, but you will be listening to it on the subway with no signal. Music Downloader takes a link and sends the MP3 straight to your chat, with tags and artwork. 🎧

The bot lives in Telegram, so the file lands right in the conversation. You can play it, forward it to yourself or save it to your phone.

A link goes in, a file comes out

You send a link to a track, a set or a video with music. The bot grabs the audio, converts it to MP3 and adds tags: the artist, the title and a cover image.

That beats searching for a file by hand and renaming it later. Your player shows a proper title instead of a string of digits.

The commands you actually need

The menu is short, which is a good thing. A command marked as link required means you must paste an address right after it.

• /dl downloads from the link you add after it.
• /link returns a direct address of the file instead of the file itself.
• /settings changes the default mode and how chatty the bot is.
• /help shows the help message.

A command with the address is the safest way in both private and group chats, since the bot clearly knows you are talking to it.

Three steps to your MP3

1. Copy the link to a track in the app or in your browser.
2. Send the /dl command and paste the link after it.
3. Wait for the file. Long sets and big playlists take more time.

If a link does not work, check that it points to a specific track and not to an artist's front page.

Open source and what it means for you

The bot's source code is published under the MIT license, and the project is described as free software. You can read how it works, and if you want, run your own copy on your own server.

For an ordinary user it is more about trust than necessity. If you care about privacy, though, it matters.

Copyright without the panic

Downloading music depends on the law in your country and on the rules of the platform. Being technically able to get a file does not make its use legal by default.

• Your own and free music. Your recordings and openly licensed tracks are safe to download.
• Other people's music for yourself. Rules for personal listening differ, so check them for your country.
• Reselling and publishing. Posting other people's tracks as your own or making money from them is not allowed.

If an artist sells their music, buying it is the easier way to support them. It is fairer and usually gives you a better quality file. 🎵

When something goes wrong

The causes are usually ordinary. The author set the track to private, the link was deleted, or the platform restricted downloads in your region.

Sometimes the bot is simply busy. It has tens of thousands of monthly users, and the queue grows at peak hours. Wait a couple of minutes and retry instead of sending the same link ten times.

Telegram also limits file sizes, so very long recordings may not come through whole.