Viddax.

A beautifully crafted, minimalist, and blazing-fast media downloader.

Viddax is a modern desktop application that completely reimagines how you download media from the internet. By combining the unparalleled downloading power of yt-dlp and FFmpeg with a sleek, next-generation React & Electron interface, Viddax offers a premium, ad-free, and natively smooth experience.

Gone are the days of using shady, ad-ridden web downloaders or fighting with complicated command-line interfaces. Viddax makes downloading high-quality video, audio, and images as simple as pasting a link, while still offering all the advanced features that power users demand.

Viddax was designed with aesthetics as a top priority. Built with Vanilla SCSS Modules and animated by Framer Motion, every interaction—from toggling modes to typing in the search bar—feels fluid and responsive. The interface embraces a minimalist, dark-mode glassmorphic design that looks stunning on any desktop.

Why click through menus when the app can do the thinking for you? As soon as you paste a link, Viddax instantly analyzes the URL. A slick animation will drop down to confirm the recognized platform (e.g., YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Spotify) and dynamically adjust the available download modes based on what that platform supports.

Seamlessly switch between what you want to extract:

• Video Mode: Grab up to 8K HDR video (with options to force specific codecs like H.264, AV1, or VP9).
• Audio Mode: Extract high-bitrate music (320kbps MP3, FLAC, Opus) from music videos, SoundCloud, or Spotify.
• Image Mode: Pull pristine video thumbnails, Instagram photos, or TikTok story images directly.

Hidden behind a clean settings panel is a highly capable engine designed for edge-cases:

• Rate Limiting & Concurrency: Prevent IP bans by throttling download speeds and managing simultaneous download queues.
• Network & Proxy: Easily plug in a Socks5/HTTP proxy string to bypass geo-restrictions and region locks.
• Authentication: Enable browser cookie impersonation to seamlessly download age-restricted or private content.
• Metadata & Subtitles: Choose whether to embed custom subtitles, auto-translate captions, or embed the video thumbnail as the cover art.

Using Viddax is incredibly straightforward:

1. Find your media: Copy the link to a video, song, or post from your browser.
2. Paste it in: Click the central input bar in Viddax and paste the URL.
3. Wait for detection: Watch as Viddax instantly recognizes the platform and confirms compatibility.
4. Choose your mode: Select whether you want the Video, the Audio, or just the Image.
5. Hit Fetch: Viddax handles the heavy lifting, automatically selecting the best available quality and merging streams in the background.

Pro tip: Click the gear icon in the top right to customize your default download paths, preferred quality formats, and filename naming structures!

Because Viddax is powered by yt-dlp, it supports over 1,000+ different websites. If it hosts media, Viddax can probably download it.

Some of the most popular platforms with optimized detection include:

• YouTube (Including Shorts, Playlists, and Music)
• TikTok
• Instagram (Reels, Posts, IGTV)
• X / Twitter
• Reddit
• Facebook
• Twitch (VODs and Clips)
• Spotify & SoundCloud
• Snapchat (Spotlight & Stories)
• Vimeo & Dailymotion
• Bilibili
• Mixcloud & Apple Music/Podcasts
• Patreon

Want to build Viddax from source or contribute to the project? Here is how to get it running locally.

You will need Node.js (v18+) and npm installed on your system.

(Note: Viddax bundles its own copies of yt-dlp and FFmpeg, so you don't need them pre-installed on your system!)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/nerdblud/viddax.git
   cd viddax

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Run the development server:

   npm run electron:dev

   This command fires up the Next.js local server and launches the Electron wrapper simultaneously.

Ready to share Viddax with the world? You can compile the entire application into a standalone .exe Windows Installer with a single command:

npm run electron:build

The build script automatically exports the static React frontend, bundles the necessary backend binaries safely out of the .asar archive, and generates the final setup file inside the release/ directory.

Viddax bridges the gap between modern web development and native desktop applications:

• Frontend: Next.js 16 (App Router, Static Export), React 19
• Styling: Vanilla SCSS Modules (Zero Tailwind, fully custom architecture)
• Animations: Framer Motion
• Icons: Lucide React
• State Management: Zustand
• Desktop Framework: Electron, Electron-Builder
• Download Engine: yt-dlp (bundled alongside FFmpeg/FFprobe)

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.