VibeDownloader
Free video & music downloader for Windows, macOS and Linux
Download videos, audio, subtitles, lyrics and playlists from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Spotify and more.
Local. Ad-free. Private by design. Powered by yt-dlp.
A free, open-source YouTube downloader, Spotify downloader, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitch video saver, with a built-in video converter, GIF maker and browser extension. Also on Android, and as a Premiere Pro plugin for video editors.
Quick start · Features · Platforms · Install · What's New · Extension · Android · Premiere · Help · Develop
🌟 Why VibeDownloader?
🔒 Private by design
Everything runs on your device. No accounts, no ads, and no tracking of what you download.
⚡ Powered by yt-dlp
The industry-standard engine, kept current with a one-click update in Settings — and a failed update never leaves you without a working downloader.
🎛️ Full control
Pick the exact quality, audio language, format and clip. Trim, convert or turn a moment into a GIF before you save.
🚀 Quick Start
Three steps, about a minute.
1️⃣ Install
Get the installer for your system from the Releases page and run it.
Step-by-step install →
2️⃣ Paste a link
Copy a video, song or playlist link, paste it into VibeDownloader and fetch it. Or use the browser extension button right on the page.
3️⃣ Choose & save
Pick the quality, audio language or format, trim it if you like, and download. Files are saved to Downloads/VibeDownloader, sorted by platform and type.
🖼️ See It in Action
🎬 Demo
📸 Screenshots
Paste a link, fetch, choose
Every audio & video quality, up to the best available
Subtitles & audio languages
Cut & Download — trim before you save
Spotify tracks with full metadata
Lyrics — line by line, word by word, plain text
YouTube Music with lyrics
Media Library
Editor — loop a moment as a GIF
Editor — convert format & size
✨ Features
Everything VibeDownloader can do, grouped by what you want to get done.
📥 Download
🎥 Multi-platform downloads
Videos, reels, shorts, stories and playlists from nine platforms, from one clean window.
📦 Batch downloading
Queue videos and audio with per-item quality controls and pause / resume.
🔴 Twitch live recording
Record any live broadcast until you stop. It is finalized as a playable MP4.
📂 Smart organization
Files are sorted into folders by platform and content type (Live, VODs, Clips, Playlists), and each platform folder gets its own icon.
🎵 Music, Lyrics & Subtitles
🎧 Studio-quality music
WAV export, plus embedded track, album and artist details and cover art, so songs look right in any music player.
🎤 Lyrics
Line by line, word by word, plain text, or translated, for Spotify and YouTube Music tracks.
💬 Subtitles
Save subtitles as SRT.
🌍 Audio languages
When a video has several audio tracks, choose the exact language, as audio only or as a video.
✂️ Edit & Convert
✂️ Cut & Download
Trim any video or song with the waveform timeline before saving. Clean output, no leftovers.
🗂️ Media Library
Browse everything you've downloaded, and anything already in your folders. Search, filter and sort.
✨ Built-in editor
Extract audio, convert formats or make a GIF from any item in your Library. Your original is never changed.
🎞️ Plays everywhere
Files are checked and converted only when needed, using your GPU when it is faster, so they open in QuickTime, VLC, editors and on phones.
🧩 Convenience
🧩 Browser extension
One-click download buttons right on the page, sent straight to the desktop engine.
📥 System tray
Keep the app running in the background for instant access.
💾 Light on disk
Already have FFmpeg? VibeDownloader uses it instead of downloading its own copy (about 190 MB).
🍪 Optional sign-in
Add cookies for age-restricted videos or private accounts. They stay on your computer.
YouTube & YouTube Music
Videos, Shorts, playlists, subtitles (SRT), audio languages, lyrics
Spotify
Tracks, albums & playlists with full metadata and cover art — 4 audio formats up to lossless & hi-res, plus lyrics
Instagram
Videos, reels and stories
TikTok
Videos, including private ones with a signed-in session
Facebook
Videos, reels and stories
X (Twitter)
Videos
Twitch
VODs, clips and
live recording — finalized as a playable MP4
Pinterest
Videos
SoundCloud
Audio
📥 Install
Download the installer for your system from the Releases page, then follow the matching guide.
> First launch: VibeDownloader sets up its downloader (yt-dlp) by itself. If FFmpeg isn't already on your computer, it downloads one once (about 190 MB). If you already have FFmpeg, it is used as is.
💻 Windows
- Run the downloaded
.exe and follow the setup wizard.
- Open VibeDownloader from the Start Menu.
🍎 macOS
- Open the downloaded
.dmg.
- Drag VibeDownloader into Applications.
- Open it from Applications.
> ⚠️ "VibeDownloader is damaged and can't be opened"?
> Expected: the app isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID yet ($99/year). Run this once in Terminal, then open the app normally:
>
> bash > xattr -c /Applications/VibeDownloader.app >
>
> It only removes macOS quarantine flags, and the code is fully open source if you'd like to inspect it first.
🐧 Linux
AppImage (most distributions)
chmod +x VibeDownloader-*.AppImage
./VibeDownloader-*.AppImage
Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)
sudo dpkg -i VibeDownloader-*.deb
🆕 What's New in v2.3.0
> Coming in the next release. The latest published version is always shown in the Latest badge at the top.
A gallery of everything you've downloaded, and anything already in your folders. Search, filter by type, sort, rescan and add more folders to watch.
✨ Built-in Editor
Extract audio as MP3 or M4A, convert to MP4, WebM or MKV, or make a GIF of up to 15 seconds. Each edit is saved as a new file; your original is never changed.
⚡ Much Faster Conversion
Uses your GPU when it is genuinely faster, tunes the CPU encoder to your PC, and cuts first, converts second, so a 2-minute clip from a 1-hour video only converts 2 minutes. Live progress shows speed and time left.
🚀 Faster YouTube Links
Single YouTube videos load in a fraction of a second, with an automatic fallback to the regular method.
💾 Uses Your FFmpeg
Already have FFmpeg installed? It is used as is, saving a ~190 MB download.
📊 Clearer Progress
A step-by-step timeline (Preparing, Downloading, Processing, Finishing up) and a better link-lookup screen.
✅ New "Download complete" Screen
Open file, Show in folder and Copy path buttons, plus Download another quality of this video without fetching again.
✂️ Redesigned Cut & Download
A cleaner timeline with fixed Start / End readouts, a Video / Audio switch, compact quality chips and a button that stays in view. Clips can't be shorter than 1 second.
📁 Branded Download Folders
Matching icons on Windows, macOS and Linux. Folders where you already picked a custom icon are left alone.
🎨 Fresh Look
Redesigned Settings and sign-in window, and smoother animations.
🧩 Extension Fixes
The Spotify button works again on Spotify's new player bar, and the YouTube button no longer disappears when you move to the next video.
Previous release — v2.2.0
- 🎞️ Plays everywhere — downloads are checked and, when needed, converted to H.264 + AAC, so videos open in QuickTime, VLC, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut and on phones
- 🔇 No more "audio only" videos in QuickTime and editors
- ⚙️ Smarter conversion — only the stream that needs fixing is re-encoded, so most files finish quickly
- 🍎 macOS yt-dlp fix — resolves
spawn yt-dlp ENOENT and the first-launch failure on Mac & Linux
- 🧰 ffprobe on Mac — a missing ffprobe is fetched automatically, so conversion no longer gets skipped
- 📍 Mac & Linux polish — correct menu-bar icon size, Homebrew/Snap tools detected, extension setup for more browsers
- 🔄 Safer yt-dlp updates — a failed update never leaves you without a working downloader
- 🎨 New TikTok icon with the classic cyan & red glitch style
See every change in the changelog and on the Releases page.
🔌 More Ways to Use VibeDownloader
The desktop app is the core. These add-ons bring it to your browser, your phone and your video editor.
🧩 Browser Extension
Download directly from the page — no copying links, no switching tabs.
- One-click download buttons on YouTube (incl. Music), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X (Twitter), Spotify and SoundCloud
- Native messaging bridge — the extension talks to your desktop app over a secure local connection and can even launch the app for you
- Full desktop engine — every download gets best-quality processing, smart organization and the Cut feature
Install it (bundled with the desktop app)
- Install VibeDownloader for desktop
- In the app, click the Extension button (top-right corner)
- Pick your browser — the app detects supported browsers and shows you the exact steps
- It prepares the ready-to-load folder. Then open
chrome://extensions (or the equivalent) → turn on Developer mode → Load unpacked → select the revealed folder
> ✅ Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera and Firefox are supported. The extension ships inside the installer — no separate download needed.
📱 Android App
VibeDownloader is also on your phone. The same private, ad-free downloader, built natively for Android, so you can save videos, music and stories wherever you are.
What you get on Android
- 📲 Share to download — tap Share in YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or any app, pick VibeDownloader, done
- 🎥 All the major platforms — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Spotify, Pinterest, SoundCloud and Twitch, including Instagram and Facebook Stories
- 💬 Subtitles & audio languages — save SRT subtitles and choose the exact audio language
- 🎤 Lyrics — line by line, word by word, plain text or translated, for Spotify and YouTube Music
- 🎧 Studio-quality music — MP3 and WAV with track, album, artist and cover art embedded
- ✂️ Cut & Download — save just the part you want
- 📦 Batch downloads, a smart library and gallery integration, so files show up in your photos and music apps
- 🔒 Private — no accounts, no ads, nothing leaves your device
- 🌙 Dark mode, internal or SD card storage, battery-friendly downloads
Requirements: Android 7.0 (API 24) or newer.
Install
- Download the
.apk from the Android Releases page
- Allow Install from unknown sources for your browser or file manager when Android asks
- Open the APK and tap Install
- Launch VibeDownloader from your app drawer
> Why not the Play Store? To avoid Play Store restrictions and keep every feature available, the Android app is only distributed through GitHub releases. It is fully open source, so you can inspect the code first.
View the Android repository →
🎬 For Editors: Vibe Plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro
Download, import and edit without leaving Premiere. Vibe Plugin is a free, open-source panel that puts a YouTube and social video downloader inside Adobe Premiere Pro.
- 🔎 Search YouTube or paste a link, pick a quality, and the file lands in your project bin or straight on your timeline
- 🎞️ Premiere-ready H.264 — VP9 and AV1 are converted while they download
- 🎵 Audio as M4A, MP3 or WAV
- 📦 Free stock library — Pexels, Pixabay and Unsplash video, music and sound effects
- 🔒 Local and private — no accounts, no ads, powered by
yt-dlp
-34D399?style=for-the-badge&logo=apple&logoColor=white&labelColor=0f0f11)
Vibe Plugin on GitHub →
Install it with the per-user Windows installer (no admin prompt), then restart Premiere Pro and open Window → Extensions → Vibe Plugin.
🛟 Help & Setup
🍪 Cookies (Optional)
Some content needs a signed-in session, such as age-restricted videos or private accounts. You can add your cookies for a platform in the app.
- Cookies are stored only on your computer and are used only to authenticate your own downloads
- They are never uploaded to any server
- Tip: for the most reliable result, export your cookies from a private/incognito window, then close that window right away. A browser session that stays open can rotate its cookies and make the exported ones stop working.
🧰 Troubleshooting
A download fails, or only low qualities show up
- Open Settings and make sure the downloader (yt-dlp) is up to date
- Try again without cookies, or with freshly exported cookies
- Turn off any VPN. Some VPN and shared IPs are blocked by YouTube
- If it still fails, open a new issue with the video link (a public one), your app version, and your OS
"FFmpeg could not be downloaded", or video and audio processing doesn't work
VibeDownloader uses the FFmpeg already on your computer when it has a complete one, and otherwise downloads its own copy once (about 190 MB). If that download is blocked by your network, firewall or antivirus, install FFmpeg yourself, then restart VibeDownloader:
# Windows
winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
# macOS
brew install ffmpeg
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ffmpeg
On Linux, avoid the Snap package of FFmpeg. Snap blocks it from reading the app's files, so VibeDownloader skips it.
The extension button doesn't show up
Reload the extension on your browser's extensions page, then refresh the site's tab. If it still doesn't appear, check that the desktop app is installed and was opened at least once so the local connection is registered.
❓ FAQ
Is VibeDownloader free and safe?
Yes. It is free, ad-free and open source under GPL v3.0, so you can read every line. Downloads and cookies stay on your device.
Which sites can I download from?
YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X (Twitter), Twitch, Pinterest and SoundCloud. See Supported Platforms.
Where do my downloads go?
Into a VibeDownloader folder inside your Downloads folder, sorted by platform and type (for example YouTube/Videos or Spotify/Music). You can change the location in Settings, and everything shows up in the Library.
Do I need to install FFmpeg?
No. If your computer already has a complete FFmpeg, VibeDownloader uses it. If not, it downloads its own copy once, the first time you need it.
Is there a version for Adobe Premiere Pro?
Yes. Vibe Plugin is a free panel that downloads into your project bin or timeline. See For Editors.
Can I download a whole YouTube playlist, or just a clip?
Both. Paste a playlist link to queue it, or use Cut & Download to save only the part you want.
Can it save MP3, WAV or high-quality audio?
Yes. Save audio as MP3 or WAV, and Spotify tracks in up to lossless and hi-res formats, with cover art and tags embedded.
Why do my downloaded videos play in QuickTime, VLC and editors?
Files are checked and, only when needed, converted to H.264 + AAC. A GPU is used automatically when it is faster.
🔐 Privacy
- Downloads, conversions and cookies are processed locally on your device
- No accounts, no ads
- Crash and error reports: VibeDownloader uses Sentry to find and fix bugs. Links and file paths are scrubbed before anything is sent, and cookies are never included
- You can read exactly what is collected in this repository — the app is fully open source
🛠️ For Developers
Built with Electron, React, Vite and TypeScript (Desktop) | React Native (Android).
Desktop Development
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/naeem5877/vibedownloader-desktop.git
# Navigate to the project directory
cd vibedownloader-desktop
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Start development server
npm run dev
Build Commands
# Build for Windows
npm run pack:win
# Build for macOS
npm run pack:mac
# Build for Linux
npm run pack:linux
Project Structure
vibedownloader-desktop/
├── src/ # React UI (components, styles)
├── electron/ # Electron main process, handlers and utilities
├── extension/ # Browser extension (per-platform content scripts)
├── native-host/ # Native messaging host for the extension
├── build/ # Build resources and folder icons
├── scripts/ # Dev and test scripts
├── public/ # Static assets
└── Screenshots/ # README images and showcase
Android Development
For Android development instructions, visit the Android Repository.
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome and appreciated! Here's how you can help:
- Fork the repository (Desktop or Android)
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
- Open a Pull Request
Please follow our Code of Conduct and Contributing Guide.
Areas we'd love help with
- 🐛 Bug fixes and stability improvements
- 🌐 Translation and internationalization
- 📝 Documentation improvements
- ✨ New feature development
- 🎨 UI/UX enhancements
- 📱 Android-specific optimizations
📄 License & Brand
| |
|---|
| Code | GNU GPL v3.0 — view, modify and redistribute, as long as you share the source, state your changes and keep the same license. |
| Brand | The VibeDownloader name, logo and branding are reserved. |
Forks and modified versions must not use the VibeDownloader name or logo, or present themselves as an official build. This keeps official releases easy to tell apart from community forks.
⭐ Star History
🙏 Acknowledgments
- Built with yt-dlp — the powerful video downloader
- Desktop powered by Electron — cross-platform desktop framework
- Android powered by React Native — mobile framework
- UI built with React and Vite
Made with ❤️ by Naeem
If you find this project useful, consider giving it a ⭐
© 2026 VibeDownloader. Released under GPL v3.0 License.
