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v0.18.0
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Youwee v0.18.0

A modern, beautiful YouTube downloader built with Tauri.

What's New

Added

  • Queue file numbering - Added an option to prefix regular queued downloads with their queue order
  • Queue output folder - Added a queue item action to choose a download folder for individual downloads
  • yt-dlp advanced options - Added vetted advanced options for users who need more control over yt-dlp downloads
  • Playlist file numbering - Added a Download setting to prefix playlist downloads with their playlist order
  • Embedded chapter splitting - Added Download settings to split embedded video chapters into separate files and optionally number chapter files
  • Extension AI Summary - Added a Summary button in the browser extension to open YouTube videos directly in AI Summary
  • AI summary token limit - Added an optional Settings field to set maximum output tokens for generated summaries
  • Cookie skip rules - Added tag-based rules to skip browser or cookie file authentication for matching sites, with Facebook Reels included by default

Changed

  • Extension interface - Refined the browser extension popup and floating menu with a cleaner style that matches the music player

Fixed

  • Recovered plugin downloads - Fixed successful download.failed plugin recoveries still leaving the original queue item marked as failed
  • Plugin retry workflows - Fixed retried failed downloads not picking up newly assigned plugin workflows
  • Extension floating button - Fixed the browser extension floating button not appearing or crashing on tabs that were already open when the extension was installed or reloaded
  • Extension cold-start downloads - Fixed browser extension Download now links opening Youwee without adding the video when the desktop app was not already running
  • AI summary video info - Fixed AI Summary getting stuck while fetching video info for videos whose subtitles are available but video formats cannot be selected
  • AI summary length - Removed the default hard-coded summary output token limit so providers can use their model defaults unless users set a custom value
  • Long video titles - Fixed downloads failing when very long titles are used as filenames

Download

Platform File Description
🍎 Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4) Youwee-Mac-Apple-Silicon.dmg For Apple Silicon Macs
🍎 Mac (Intel) Youwee-Mac-Intel.dmg For Intel-based Macs
🪟 Windows Youwee-Windows.msi MSI Installer
🪟 Windows Youwee-Windows-Setup.exe EXE Installer
🐧 Linux Youwee-Linux.deb Debian/Ubuntu
🐧 Linux Youwee-Linux.AppImage Portable (all distros)
🌐 Extension (Chromium) Youwee-Extension-Chromium.zip Unzip and load unpacked on Chrome/Edge/Brave
🦊 Extension (Firefox) Youwee-Extension-Firefox-signed.xpi Signed unlisted add-on for Firefox stable

📋 Requirements

  • Windows: Windows 10 or later
  • macOS: 10.15 (Catalina) or later
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04 or equivalent

Optional

  • FFmpeg - for best video/audio quality (auto-download available in Settings)
  • Bun Runtime - if you can only download 360p from YouTube (auto-download available in Settings)

Browser Extension Install

  • Chromium: download Youwee-Extension-Chromium.zip -> extract -> open chrome://extensions -> enable Developer mode -> Load unpacked.
  • Firefox: download Youwee-Extension-Firefox-signed.xpi and open it directly to install.

Verify Downloads

Download SHA256SUMS.txt and verify:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt

Full Changelog: v0.17.2...v0.18.0

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