Aevum v1.1.0 — Linux support

Aevum now runs on Linux — tested on real hardware (Kali Linux / Debian-based). Windows users: nothing new here, stay on v1.0.0 (Aevum-Setup.exe / Aevum.exe), those builds are unchanged.

Run it

AppImage (recommended):

chmod +x Aevum-x86_64.AppImage
./Aevum-x86_64.AppImage

If you hit a FUSE error (some distros ship without libfuse2):

./Aevum-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run

Portable tarball (no FUSE needed):

tar -xzf Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
./Aevum/Aevum

Self-contained — yt-dlp and FFmpeg are bundled.

How it behaves on Linux

• No system tray: launching Aevum opens its page in your default browser, and closing the tab shuts the app down (an active download always finishes first).
• Add to app menu (Settings → gear icon, or --install) installs Aevum as a regular menu app. This copies the AppImage into ~/.local/share/aevum/, so you can safely delete the downloaded AppImage afterwards — the menu entry keeps working. Untick it (or --uninstall) to remove the copy, menu entry and icon completely.
• Language and theme choices persist across launches.

Fixes since the beta

• Cleaned LD_LIBRARY_PATH for child processes so bundled yt-dlp/FFmpeg run correctly on every distro.
• App lifetime verified on real hardware: the server really stops after the tab closes (grace period for reconnects, then clean exit).
• Stop button: cancelling a download used to kill the whole app, not just the download — downloads now run in their own process group, so Stop only stops the download. (Assets refreshed 2026-07-05 with this fix.)

Verify your download (SHA-256)

ea1cfd80705a664fe338e5bebffb2397f132f4817f7d7100c772f478add5dfc9  Aevum-x86_64.AppImage
6ba28815c631fdb64b0bbcfb80d5980be5f644b2d19fabbdb122fc5f964ff4c6  Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

VirusTotal: Aevum-x86_64.AppImage · Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

License

MIT (own code). Bundles yt-dlp (Unlicense) and FFmpeg (GPL) — see THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.

Aevum v1.1.0 — Linux (beta)

Linux beta — test build for Linux. Windows users: grab the stable v1.0.0 release instead.

Run it

AppImage:

chmod +x Aevum-x86_64.AppImage
./Aevum-x86_64.AppImage

If you hit a FUSE error (some distros ship without libfuse2):

./Aevum-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run

Portable tarball (no FUSE needed):

tar -xzf Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
./Aevum/Aevum

Self-contained — yt-dlp and FFmpeg are bundled. Optionally install it into your app menu from Settings → Add to app menu (or --install).

How it behaves on Linux

No system tray: launching Aevum opens its page in your default browser, and closing the tab shuts the app down (an active download always finishes first). Your language and theme choices persist across launches.

Verify your download (SHA-256)

4e4c3049a6d3d2aaa2cba5776e01f95da6a6ab715212db121e7a002fa6f68336  Aevum-x86_64.AppImage
20f0e822bd00a98e291a6bff1f186f306fa68020d58602a6cedf3b1651c37334  Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

VirusTotal: Aevum-x86_64.AppImage · Aevum-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

This CI build hasn't been run on real hardware yet — please report anything that breaks. 🐧

Aevum v1.0.0

Aevum v1.0.0

A simple, self-contained desktop app to download videos and audio from any site (YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, Twitch, and ~1,800 more). No installation prerequisites — Python, yt-dlp and FFmpeg are all bundled inside.

Download

• Aevum-Setup.exe — recommended. Installer with optional Desktop / Start Menu shortcuts and an uninstaller. No admin rights needed.
• Aevum.exe — portable. Just double-click; nothing to install.

First run — Windows warning

Aevum is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time. This is normal for small independent apps. Click More info → Run anyway. You only need to do it once.

Features

• Any site (powered by yt-dlp) · video up to 4K (MP4/MKV) or audio (MP3/M4A/Opus/FLAC/WAV)
• Subtitles, playlists (auto folder), login-cookies, stop button
• 8 languages, 4 themes, launch-at-startup option
• No ads, no tracking, no bundled extras — fully offline-capable UI (bundled font), everything runs locally

Safety

• Open source — read the code in this repo.
• checksums.txt (SHA-256) below lets you verify your download.
• VirusTotal scans: Aevum-Setup.exe · Aevum.exe

License

MIT (own code). Bundles yt-dlp (Unlicense) and FFmpeg (GPL) — see THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.