LearnifyTube is the modern YouTube downloader for students, educators and lifelong learners who want to build a personal, distraction‑free learning library. Turn any playlist, lecture or tutorial into beautifully organized offline lessons that sync across your classroom, campus or commute.
- 🎓 Education-Ready Downloads – Grab videos, whole playlists, shorts, transcripts and subtitles in one click.
- 🚀 Speed & Reliability – yt-dlp performance wrapped in a friendly UI built for macOS & Windows.
- 🧠 Smart Knowledge Hub – Tag subjects, group courses, pin timestamps, add study notes and keep everything searchable.
- 📲 Offline Learning Anywhere – Export to mobile, tablets, classroom screens or LMS platforms for zero-buffer playback.
- 🌓 Focus-Friendly Design – Light + dark themes, distraction‑free mode, queue automation and download scheduling.
- College students saving lectures before exams.
- Teachers assembling lesson plans and blended-learning packs.
- Bootcamp learners collecting SaaS, AI, coding and design tutorials.
- Content creators archiving inspiration libraries.
- Knowledge workers building “second brain” research vaults.
| Feature | What It Delivers |
|---|---|
| Multi-Format Downloads | MP4, MP3, MKV, 4K, subtitles, chapters, metadata |
| Learning Queue | Drag-and-drop order, priority flags, status tracking |
| Smart Notes | Inline timestamps, highlight cards, export to Notion/Obsidian |
| Auto Playlists | Auto-tag by subject, speaker, language, topic difficulty |
| Translator Assist | Download subtitles in 100+ languages |
| Privacy First | Data stays on your device. No accounts, no telemetry. |
- Download YouTube courses for offline study
- Save playlists for lecture prep & homeschool lessons
- Convert educational videos to audio flashcasts
- Build an AI-ready knowledge base with transcripts and notes
- Keep research materials organized inside one dashboard
- Sync “watch later” learning goals across devices
- Download the latest release for macOS or Windows
- Paste any YouTube URL, playlist or channel
- Choose quality, subtitles, audio, metadata, tags
- Hit Download & Organize – LearnifyTube handles the rest
We now follow the same pattern as lossless-cut so macOS security doesn’t break playback:
- 🔐 Main-process streaming – the renderer never touches
file://URLs. The Electron main process streams bytes directly to the player, so Chromium’sDEMUXER_ERROR_COULD_NOT_OPENis gone. - 🗂 One-time folder authorization – if macOS blocks a file in Downloads/Desktop/Documents, LearnifyTube automatically asks you to “Allow Access.” Approve the Downloads folder (or your custom library) once and macOS remembers it. You can also manage it from Settings → Download Folder → Open / Change Folder.
- ✅ No hacks required – we use Apple’s user-selected-folder entitlement, so there’s no need for Full Disk Access tricks. Once the folder is authorized, streaming “just works.”
Moving your library? Reopen Settings → Download Folder, point to the new location, and we’ll refresh the permission for you.
Reach us via GitHub issues or email hello@learnifytube.com.
We’re building the smartest learning-first YouTube downloader – and you’re invited.