Youwee

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A modern, beautiful YouTube video downloader built with Tauri and React

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Features

• Video Downloads — YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Bilibili, Youku, and 1800+ sites
• Browser Extension Bridge — Chromium + Firefox extension with floating button, media/quality picker, and one-click Download now / Add to queue send to Youwee app
• Channel Follow — Follow YouTube, Bilibili & Youku channels, get notified of new videos, auto-download, and manage from system tray
• Metadata Fetcher — Download video info, descriptions, comments, and thumbnails without the video
• Live Stream Support — Download live streams with dedicated toggle
• AI Video Summary — Summarize videos with Gemini, OpenAI, or Ollama
• AI Video Processing — Edit videos using natural language (cut, convert, resize, extract audio)
• Time Range Download (Cut Video) — Download only the segment you need by setting start/end time
• Batch & Playlist — Download multiple videos or entire playlists
• Audio Extraction — Extract audio in MP3, M4A, or Opus formats
• Subtitle Support — Download or embed subtitles
• Subtitle Workshop — Create, edit, and refine subtitles (SRT/VTT/ASS) with timing tools, find/replace, auto-fix, AI Translate, AI Grammar Fix, and Whisper generation
• Subtitle Page Core Features — Waveform/spectrogram timeline, shot-change sync, realtime QC with style profiles, split/merge tools, translator mode (source/target), and batch/project operations
• Post-Processing — Auto-embed metadata, thumbnail, and subtitles (when enabled) into output files
• SponsorBlock — Automatically skip sponsors, intros, outros, and self-promotions with remove/mark/custom modes
• Speed Limit — Control download bandwidth (KB/s, MB/s, GB/s)
• Download Library — Track and manage all your downloads
• 6 Beautiful Themes — Midnight, Aurora, Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Candy
• Fast & Lightweight — Built with Tauri for minimal resource usage

Screenshots

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Demo Video

▶️ Watch on YouTube

Installation

Download for your platform

⚠️ Note: The app is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate yet. If macOS blocks the app, open terminal and run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Youwee.app

| Platform | Download | |----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Windows (x64) | Download .msi · Download .exe | | macOS (Apple Silicon) | Download .dmg | | macOS (Intel) | Download .dmg | | Linux (x64) | Download .deb · Download .AppImage (Recommend for auto update) |

See all releases on the Releases page

Browser Extension (Chromium + Firefox)

| Browser | Download | |---------|----------| | Chromium (Chrome/Edge/Brave/Opera/Vivaldi/Arc/Coc Coc) | Download .zip | | Firefox | Download .xpi |

• One-click send current page to Youwee with Download now or Add to queue
• Floating button supports Video/Audio + quality selection on supported sites
• Popup works on any valid HTTP/HTTPS tab
• Guide: docs/browser-extension.md

Build from Source

Prerequisites

• Bun (v1.3.5 or later)
• Rust (v1.70 or later)
• Tauri CLI

Steps

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/vanloctech/youwee.git
cd youwee

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Run in development mode
bun run tauri dev

# Build for production
bun run tauri build

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui
• Backend: Rust, Tauri 2.0
• Downloader: yt-dlp (bundled)
• Build: Bun, Vite

Contributing

We welcome contributions. See Contributing Guide.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• yt-dlp - The powerful video downloader
• FFmpeg - Multimedia framework for audio/video processing
• Deno - JavaScript runtime for YouTube extraction
• Tauri - Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop apps
• shadcn/ui - Beautiful UI components
• Lucide Icons - Beautiful open-source icons

Contact

• GitHub: @vanloctech
• Issues: GitHub Issues

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