Youwee v0.5.1
🎬 Youwee v0.5.1
A modern, beautiful YouTube downloader built with Tauri.
✨ What's New
Added
- OpenAI Whisper transcription - Fallback for videos without captions, uses Whisper API to transcribe audio (~$0.006/min)
- DeepSeek & Qwen AI providers - More AI options for video summarization
- Proxy support - Configure HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy for yt-dlp downloads
- Clear All button in Processing History - Quickly remove all history entries
- Settings search - Find settings quickly with keyboard search
Changed
- Settings page redesigned - New sidebar navigation with 5 sections (General, Dependencies, AI, Network, About)
- Universal page now has Video/Audio toggle like YouTube page for consistency
- macOS app icon updated with proper Apple guidelines padding
Fixed
- Downloads now save to library correctly when using updated yt-dlp
📥 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