Youwee v0.4.1
🎬 Youwee v0.4.1
A modern, beautiful YouTube downloader built with Tauri.
✨ What's New
Added
- Video Authentication support for age-restricted, private, and members-only videos
- Browser cookie extraction (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi)
- Browser profile detection with display names
- Cookie file support as alternative authentication method
- Hindi and Portuguese (Brazil) language options for summaries
Changed
- Updated OpenAI models to latest: GPT-5.2, GPT-5.1, GPT-5, GPT-4.1 series
- Thinking models (Gemini 2.5, 3) no longer use generationConfig restrictions
- yt-dlp now uses nightly builds for latest features and fixes
- Error messages now show full details with auth guidance when needed
Fixed
- Gemini API 429 errors by switching to header-based authentication
- Gemini thinking models returning empty responses
- Age-restricted video errors now guide users to enable authentication
- Video preview and queue items now show actual error messages
📥 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) |
📋 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)
🔐 Verify Downloads
Download SHA256SUMS.txt and verify:
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt