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

📋 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:

:::bash
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vanloctech/youwee/compare/v0.17.2...v0.18.0