Siphon 1.1.0
If downloads stopped working for you, this release fixes it.
Siphon bundles yt-dlp as its download engine. Until now it was installed once, on
first launch, and then never updated. yt-dlp ships breaking fixes roughly monthly
because the sites it targets keep changing — so every Siphon install quietly rotted,
and after a few weeks every download failed with HTTP Error 403: Forbidden.
The engine now keeps itself current: it checks for a new release at most once a day
and swaps the binary in place. The check runs in the background, so a working install
stays usable immediately and an offline machine keeps working with what it has.
Settings → Engine shows the installed versions and forces an update on demand.
Also fixed
- Sites that need a login — pick your browser under Settings → Browser cookies
to get past sign-in walls and "confirm you're not a bot" checks. - Retrying an Advanced Search stream no longer drops the referer, which used to
make the retry fail a second time for a different reason. - Direct downloads can no longer hang forever on a stalled connection, and Cancel
now interrupts them promptly. - A corrupt engine binary repairs itself instead of leaving the app permanently
broken across restarts. - ffmpeg errors are readable rather than a wall of build flags, and failed
conversions no longer leave a stray… [source]file in your downloads folder.
Install
- Windows:
Siphon_1.1.0_x64-setup.exe(recommended) or the.msi - macOS: the
.dmgmatching your chip (Apple Silicon or Intel) - Linux: the
.AppImage(portable) or.deb/.rpm
Existing users can install over the top — your settings and history are kept.
Siphon is for lawful, personal use only. See DISCLAIMER.md.
Windows/macOS builds are unsigned — you may need to bypass SmartScreen / Gatekeeper.