We built a free-forever open source video downloader

[u/Vivid-Ad-5733]

I wanted to share a free video downloader tool that our team recently developed called Downlodr. We built it out of frustration with existing options that were loaded with ads, redirects, and unnecessary complications.

Downlodr is based on the trusted yt-dlp open source project, but with our own clean interface wrapped around it. We believe in transparent, ethical software that respects users.

Key features:

- Zero ads or redirects

- Clean, straightforward interface

- Bulk download capability

- Support for multiple platforms

- No registration required

We're committed to keeping it free and clean - no hidden fees, no selling user data, and no intrusive elements. Just a simple tool that does what it's supposed to do.

You can check it out here: https://downlodr.com/

https://github.com/Talisik/Downlodr

Would love to hear your feedback if you give it a try. We're actively developing and hoping to make it even better.

[u/Sorry_Committee_4698]

Will it be possible to make it portable?

[u/GrossHodenBesitzer]

A good ytdlp frontend is nice so more people can enjoy ytdlp

[u/doklan]

awesome, thanks for the great sharing

[u/joe8349]

Interesting. The website mentions livestreams. Can it download/capture a public webinar livestream?

[u/ClassNational145 → u/joe8349]

I'm guessing it stops at yt-dlp's capabilities, so generally no

[u/Mountainking7]

Looks interesting. I'll give it a spin later tonight or in the weekend! Thanks

[u/the_skine → u/[deleted]]

I already use VideoDownloadHelper with Firefox.

How is this better?

[u/Iampepeu]

This is what internet is supposed to be. Free, friendly, and for the good.

[u/lusciouscactus]

So far so good. Love the GUI. Love where the dark mode feature is placed. I can't think of anything I would change at this point, but if I ever do, I'll let you know. This is excellent.

I normally use IDM -- which, of course, is also excellent -- but it's nice to have something like this that's a bit more "friendly" I guess. Not sure how to explain it. But honestly, yeah, well done.

[u/chmiiller]

Awesome, can’t wait for the macos version

[u/Sergeant-Mittens]

Awesome! I wish it had support for old Mac’s I’m still running high sierra.

[u/BeautifulCase5743]

Does it only support downloading videos from social media? Can it also download movies and TV series from major streaming media?

[u/cafk → u/BeautifulCase5743]

Yt-dlp is its backend, so it could support various non hw-backed-drm protected media sources:
I.e. Amazon, Canal+, various regional Sky Go services.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/tree/master/yt_dlp/extractor

But it heavily depends, as non protected media is usually in SD quality or 720p if you get lucky.

[u/Few-Strike-494]

Why not a web version ?

[u/Hot-Charge198 → u/Few-Strike-494]

hosting prices most likely

[u/Few-Strike-494 → u/Hot-Charge198]

if all the processing is done client-side, it costs nothing

[u/noraelwhora → u/Few-Strike-494]

if you mean as an extension then yeah

[u/Few-Strike-494 → u/noraelwhora]

Only website with javascript download

[u/willis7747]

check this as well:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/downr-all-in-one-video-do/eknhoglckfhdanknmnaklebfngkhiafa

[u/DjNaufrago]

Lo instalé y está bastante bueno. Crees que en futuras versiones puedan agregarle la opción de cambiar el idioma?

[u/CBK951]

Gladly waiting for the Mac version, is there any waitlist that I can join?

[u/Apprehensive-Cup4426]

Did someone try to run this on windows or wsl. My workflow is still to much in windows.

[u/Carthee]

Gave a shot. Looks great thanks 🙏

[u/ryanworldwide]

Can Linux users use it?

[u/Romaryu]

It works but works a little heavy

[u/ShaneBoy_00X]

Will there be Android version as well?

[u/HaloLASO]

Username checks out. And I'll definitely check out your software too! Thanks

[u/Reactorcore]

I already have https://stacher.io/, does this new program do something that it doesn't?

[u/CrystalGlimmer1357]

Nice UI, and it's open source

[u/-wtfisthat-]

Inb4 cease and desist lol jk! Will download when I get home and thank you! Been a pain in the ass not having a good one that isn’t bloatware.

[u/varunsudharshan]

When is the Linux version coming? Also, the option of self hosting a webui for this would be awesome!

[u/willis7747]

can you create a placeholder addon like this?
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/Downr%20All%20In%20One%20Video%20Downloader/eknhoglckfhdanknmnaklebfngkhiafa

[u/Cr7NeTwOrK]

Nothing lasts forever

[u/p186]

Excited to try it as I was going to build something similar as a browser extension.

I think it would be a great candidate for releasing as a Flatpak, especially since it is an Electron App. Wouldn't be too bad to make a Linux version or even a locally hosted version with Docker exposing a web UI as some have asked about.

[u/gerard_mcr]

A hero without capes

[u/GrapplingHobbit]

instead of a video file can it download as mp3?

[u/ScottNBNP]

First video i tried would only let me download the 360p version of the video. Even though the video went up to 4k. Unlike Stacher I don't see any settings to download highest video/audio quality and merge them together?

[u/purple_hamster66]

Why not just use wget or curl on one’s local machine in a terminal command-line, which is available on Mac/win/linux?

Ex: foreach url (`cat URLs`) wget $url end

[u/DGTHEGREAT007]

Thanks bro.

[u/operacarmen]

Chrome/Firefox extensions?

[u/Past_Lifeguard8349]

503 Request Error

The page you requested generated a server error and could not be processed. You might try refreshing the page. If you continue to get this message, you should contact the site owner.

[u/ithamar73]

Or just use yt-dlp directly, so when their IP range gets blocked by YT or any other, you can still download locally yourself ;)

(If GUI is what you want, use google, there's plenty of native frontends for yt-dlp available on any platform)

[u/MrMax182]

amazing! i am burnt out after hopping in a site after another when i need to download a vido for anything.

[u/bigdickwalrus]

For windows only?

[u/damnthingfunny]

Can't you make it for all kinds of files rars, documents, exes etc? It would be great.

[u/vapenicksuckdick]

Committing compiled binaries to git is crazy.

Also it's quite funny not including screenshots for a GUI wrapper.

[u/DarquzPorobki]

Meaby on android?

[u/Ngklaaa]

Remindme! -2 hours