<s>
ClipGrab	B-Language
is	O
a	O
donationware	B-License
video	O
download	B-Protocol
manager	I-Protocol
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
download	O
of	O
videos	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Vimeo	O
,	O
Dailymotion	B-General_Concept
or	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
convert	O
the	O
downloaded	O
files	O
to	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
MPEG4	B-Algorithm
,	O
OGG	B-Algorithm
Theora	I-Algorithm
or	O
WMV	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
published	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClipGrab	B-Language
officially	O
supports	O
the	O
download	O
from	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
video	O
websites	O
which	O
include	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Dailymotion	B-General_Concept
,	O
Vimeo	O
,	O
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
provides	O
a	O
heuristic	B-Algorithm
which	O
can	O
also	O
download	O
videos	O
from	O
sites	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
available	O
,	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
offers	O
different	O
quality	O
options	O
for	O
a	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClipGrab	B-Language
can	O
automatically	O
detect	O
compatible	O
URLs	O
when	O
they	O
are	O
copied	O
to	O
the	O
clipboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
provides	O
an	O
integrated	O
search	O
function	O
for	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
lets	O
the	O
user	O
convert	O
the	O
downloaded	O
files	O
to	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
MPEG4	B-Algorithm
,	O
OGG	B-Algorithm
Theora	I-Algorithm
or	O
WMV	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2015	O
,	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
published	O
an	O
online	O
source	O
code	O
repository	O
including	O
a	O
GPL	B-License
open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
's	O
website	O
elicits	O
donations	O
from	O
end	O
users	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
donationware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClipGrab	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
proprietary	O
programming	O
language	O
PureBasic	B-Application
,	O
and	O
could	O
only	O
download	O
one	O
video	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
rewritten	O
using	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
framework	I-Language
and	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
installer	O
for	O
Windows	O
includes	O
installCore	B-Application
,	O
an	O
advertising	O
software	O
module	O
classified	O
as	O
a	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
program	I-Application
(	O
PUP	O
)	O
or	O
potentially	B-Application
unwanted	I-Application
application	I-Application
(	O
PUA	O
)	O
by	O
some	O
anti-malware	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
installCore	B-Application
,	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
loaded	O
with	O
crapware	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virus	O
reports	O
on	O
the	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
forum	O
have	O
not	O
received	O
a	O
response	O
from	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Articles	O
on	O
ClipGrab	B-Language
from	O
2018	O
onwards	O
are	O
more	O
critical	O
,	O
and	O
classify	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
malware	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
as	O
a	O
helpful	O
consumer	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
reviews	O
from	O
2011	O
to	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternate	O
download	O
without	O
InstallCore	B-Application
is	O
also	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
