marcogiannini/grabbit v0.2.3

Grabbit 0.2.3

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This program was written with the help of Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant.

Grabbit — universal downloader

Download video and music from YouTube and Spotify, and any file with the built-in download manager.

What's new

• Windows installer: Grabbit-Setup-windows-x86_64.exe installs for your user only (no administrator rights), adds a Start menu entry and an uninstaller, and the app keeps updating itself. The portable .exe is still available.
• Download manager (new tab): files from any http(s) link, with multiple connections per file (up to 16), queues downloaded one after the other, a scheduler that starts and stops each queue by itself, and a speed limit shared by all downloads, video and music included. Pause and resume survive closing the app.
• Playlists: a YouTube playlist is saved in a folder named after the playlist; file names no longer repeat the playlist name.
• Automatic updates at startup: Grabbit checks for a new release as soon as it opens, installs it and restarts; a status line tells you how the check went.
• Italian and English: the interface follows your system language (Italian, otherwise English).
• Screen reader support on Windows, macOS and Linux (Narrator, NVDA, VoiceOver, Orca).
• Window title bar fixed: on Windows it no longer appears light and without buttons at first launch, and on Linux it follows the system theme.
• More readable text: selected text now has a clear contrast (it was unreadable on orange); text size can be increased.
• Universal downloader: the app now presents itself as such, with video and music and the download manager in two separate tabs.
• Free software: released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.

Downloads

Grabbit-Setup-windows-x86_64.exe (Windows installer) or grabbit-windows-x86_64.exe (Windows portable), grabbit-linux-x86_64.AppImage (Linux), Grabbit-macos-*.app.zip (macOS). Installed copies update themselves.

Changes in this version

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.2.3