v1.0.0 — Unified desktop app
First release of the unified app: local yt-dlp service + tray icon + on-demand
desktop window, all in one process, for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Highlights
- Video/audio/subtitle/thumbnail downloads with playlist support
- Dubbing/audio-track and quality selection, cookies (file or browser), rate limiting
- FFmpeg-powered format conversion and subtitle embedding
- Download queue, custom filenames
- 5 languages (cs/en/pl/fr/ja) with automatic system/browser detection
- Same local service also powers udl.moviora.win — one shared UI for desktop and web
Download
Pick the build for your OS below, unzip, and run.
FFmpeg must be installed separately and available on your PATH.
- 🪟 Windows —
ytdlp-app-windows.zip - 🍎 macOS —
ytdlp-app-macos.zip - 🐧 Linux —
ytdlp-app-linux.zip(requires an X11 session for the global hotkey; Wayland not yet supported)
Known limitations
- macOS build is produced by CI but hasn't been manually verified on real hardware yet — please report issues
- Linux global hotkey (
Ctrl+Shift+D) needs Xorg, not Wayland Run with OS(autostart) writes to the registry (Windows), a LaunchAgent (macOS), or an XDG autostart entry (Linux)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/LukasJef/UniversalDownloader/commits/v1.0.0