Yalla Video is an Electron-based desktop application designed to download videos from YouTube and over 1000 other platforms. It supports downloading playlists, entire channels, video quality up to 8K, audio-only formats, and subtitles in multiple languages.
Key Features:
Playlist and Channel Support: Download entire playlists or channels with ease.
High-Quality Video: Supports video quality up to 8K resolution.
Audio Formats: Offers MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, and other audio formats for podcasts and language learning.
Multi-Language Subtitles: Provides SRT/VTT subtitles in multiple languages, embedded or as separate files.
Cross-Platform UI: Clean, intuitive interface available on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Customizable Themes: Choose from six themes (Light, Dark, System, Midnight, Ocean, Sunset) for personal preference.
Automatic Updates: Bundled yt-dlp and ffmpeg update silently to ensure the latest features and fixes.
Clipboard Tray Functionality: Automatically detects URLs copied to clipboard, enabling quick downloads with a single click.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for content creators needing video assets, educators preparing course materials, language learners accessing audio resources, researchers compiling video data, and casual users wanting offline access. Yalla Video saves time by eliminating the need for command-line tools, offers high-quality content in preferred formats, allows efficient batch downloads, respects privacy with local processing, and supports a multilingual user interface. It can be installed via winget for seamless setup.
README
Yalla Video
Download any video, playlist, or entire channel — straight to your desktop.
Up to 8K, any format, subtitles in 12 languages, no terminal required.
A polished desktop app built on yt-dlp that just works out of the box — free for 3 downloads a day, Premium for unlimited.
Yalla Video is a cross-platform desktop downloader for online video. Under the hood it runs yt-dlp and ffmpeg — the most capable video tools available — but wraps them in a clean, fast interface so you never touch a command line.
Paste a URL and Yalla Video does the rest: detects whether it's a single video, a playlist, or a whole channel, fetches the best available quality up to 8K, muxes audio and subtitles, and saves the file exactly where you want it. It's localized into 12 languages, themeable, privacy-respecting, and keeps its bundled tools up to date silently in the background.
A real GUI — channels, playlists, 8K, subtitles, and proxies, all one click away.
Audio for podcasts or language learning
One-click video → MP3 / M4A / WAV. Batch an entire playlist. Schedule overnight.
Subtitles in your study language
SRT / VTT in multiple languages, embedded or as sidecar files.
A multilingual UI, including Arabic & RTL
12 interface languages out of the box.
Privacy
Everything runs locally. No telemetry. No account required for the free tier.
A quick tour
Paste a link to start
The home screen is the whole app in one view. Paste any URL, choose Video, Audio, or Playlist, pick a quality, and download. The clipboard watcher detects links automatically the moment you copy them — or just press Paste and go.
Manage every download in one place
A live queue with thumbnails, per-item status, search, and filters for Active / Done / Failed. Select multiple items, open the destination folder, sort by date, name, status, or size, and re-run or remove anything from history.
Grab a whole channel
Paste a channel URL to browse its catalog and bulk-download videos in one job. Recently visited channels are kept handy so you can come back and pick up new uploads.
Make it yours
A full settings panel — searchable, with Appearance, Downloads, Quality & Media, Network, and System sections. Switch between 6 themes (Light, Dark, System, Midnight, Ocean, Sunset), pick your interface language, and choose a font that suits your script.
Free, verified, or Premium
Use it as a guest, sign in to claim bonus downloads, or go Premium for unlimited. No account is required to start downloading.
Always up to date
The bundled yt-dlp and ffmpeg update themselves silently. Check for app updates, file a bug report with system info attached, or open the log straight from the About screen.
Features at a glance
One job, any scope — single video, full playlist, or an entire channel.
Quality up to 8K — MP4, MKV, MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, and more.
Subtitles — embedded or sidecar SRT / VTT, multiple languages per video.
Smart Mode picks the best format automatically; Manual Mode exposes codec, fps, and resolution.
Parallel downloads with bandwidth limits and automatic retry.
Schedule for later, pause / resume, and batch URL paste.
Proxy / SOCKS support and browser cookie import (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave).
Clipboard-aware tray — copy a URL, download it with one click.
12 UI languages — English, العربية, Français, Español, Deutsch, Português, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 中文, हिन्दी, Türkçe.
Yalla Video is a general-purpose downloader for content you have the right to save: your own uploads, Creative-Commons material, fair-use research clips, language-learning material with available subtitles, and content explicitly offered for download. It is not a tool for bypassing DRM, paid platforms, or content licenses — please respect the terms of the sites you use it on.
