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Youwee v0.11.1

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๐ŸŽฌ Youwee v0.11.1

A modern, beautiful YouTube downloader built with Tauri.

โœจ What's New

Added

  • French, Portuguese, and Russian language support - Full localization for all UI screens, settings, error messages, and metadata labels in Franรงais, Portuguรชs, and ะ ัƒััะบะธะน
  • Backend error localization - Backend error messages (download failures, network errors, etc.) are now translated to the user's selected language instead of always showing English

Changed

  • Refactored transcript fallback chain - Unified transcript fallback logic across AI summary and processing tasks for more consistent behavior

Fixed

  • Transcript fallback for Douyin and TikTok - Improved transcript extraction for Douyin and TikTok videos that previously failed silently
  • Transcript errors and short captions - Transcript errors are now preserved for diagnostics instead of being silently swallowed; short captions are accepted as valid transcripts instead of being rejected
  • TikTok default settings - Aligned TikTok default download settings to match platform conventions

๐Ÿ“ฅ Download

Platform File Description
๐ŸŽ Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4) Youwee-Mac-Apple-Silicon.dmg For Apple Silicon Macs
๐ŸŽ Mac (Intel) Youwee-Mac-Intel.dmg For Intel-based Macs
๐ŸชŸ Windows Youwee-Windows.msi MSI Installer
๐ŸชŸ Windows Youwee-Windows-Setup.exe EXE Installer
๐Ÿง Linux Youwee-Linux.deb Debian/Ubuntu
๐Ÿง Linux Youwee-Linux.AppImage Portable (all distros)
๐ŸŒ Extension (Chromium) Youwee-Extension-Chromium.zip Unzip and load unpacked on Chrome/Edge/Brave
๐ŸฆŠ Extension (Firefox) Youwee-Extension-Firefox-signed.xpi Signed unlisted add-on for Firefox stable

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

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

Contributors

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๐Ÿ”ง 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)

๐ŸŒ 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.

๐Ÿ” Verify Downloads

Download SHA256SUMS.txt and verify:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt

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