YouTube Local Exporter v0.1.0

YouTube Local Exporter v0.1.0

0.1.0 - 2026-07-02

Initial public release.

Added

• Chromium MV3 extension for exporting authorized YouTube video, audio, and subtitles through a local native messaging host.
• Export modes for MP4 video, audio-only files, and SRT/VTT subtitles.
• YouTube subtitle preference with local Whisper fallback or forced Whisper transcription.
• Windows native messaging host with local output folders, helper tool detection, job progress, cancellation, and output folder opening.
• Installer and uninstaller scripts for Chrome, Edge, Chromium, and Vivaldi native messaging registry entries.
• Tool updater for yt-dlp, Deno, FFmpeg/FFprobe, whisper.cpp, and Whisper models.
• GitHub Actions CI and tag-driven release packaging.

Release Assets

• youtube-local-exporter-v0.1.0-windows.zip: complete Windows sideload bundle.
• youtube-local-exporter-extension-v0.1.0.zip: extension-only runtime package.
• youtube-local-exporter-host-v0.1.0-windows-x64.exe: standalone native host executable.
• SHA256SUMS.txt: checksums for downloadable release assets.

Install From This Release

Download youtube-local-exporter-vX.Y.Z-windows.zip, extract it, then load this folder in your browser extension page:

extension

Copy the generated extension ID, then run the native host installer from the extracted release folder:

.\scripts\install-native.ps1 -ExtensionId <extension-id> -Browser chrome
.\scripts\update-tools.ps1

Use -Browser edge, -Browser chromium, -Browser vivaldi, or omit -Browser to register all supported browser registry paths.

The release bundle includes the extension files, native host files, installer scripts, release notes, and privacy notes. update-tools.ps1 downloads yt-dlp, Deno, FFmpeg/FFprobe, whisper.cpp, and the selected Whisper model into %LOCALAPPDATA%\YouTubeLocalExporter\tools.