Youwee v0.21.0

Beautiful and Ultimate yt-dlp GUI & Video Downloader - Processing - Free & Open Source

What's New

Added

• Browser extension X/Twitter download buttons - Add a Download button to the action bar of every video post on X/Twitter, next to Bookmark, instead of the fixed floating button, so each video on the page downloads separately
• AppImage delta updates - Embed AppImage update information and publish a .zsync file with each Linux release so AppImageUpdate, AppImageLauncher, and other AppImage managers can download only the changed parts
• Filename metadata position - Choose whether filename metadata goes before or after the video title in Settings → Download, so filenames can start with the title (playlist/queue numbering still comes first)
• First-run quality setup - A setup dialog on first launch offers to switch yt-dlp from the bundled build to Stable and to install FFmpeg, so high-quality downloads (1080p+, 2K, 4K with audio) work out of the box. It shows only the steps still missing, appears automatically once, and can be reopened from the download Guide. It replaces the FFmpeg prompt that appeared on every launch, and Settings → Dependencies now shows download progress for yt-dlp as well
• One-click gallery-dl install - Install and update gallery-dl from Settings → Dependencies or right from the Gallery page on Windows and x86_64 Linux, using the official release from Codeberg with checksum verification and download progress. On macOS, where there is no official standalone build, Youwee shows the Homebrew command to copy and a re-check button. A system gallery-dl is still preferred when present
• Infistar AI provider - Infistar (sponsor) is now available in Settings → AI → Choose AI Provider: an OpenAI-compatible gateway for Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and more with one API key, for video summaries and subtitle translation. The model list follows Infistar's live catalog (164 chat models grouped by brand, cached for a day). Youwee users get CNY 5 free when signing up through the in-app link

Fixed

• Linux launcher category - Add AudioVideo, Video, and Network categories to the Linux desktop entry so Youwee no longer appears under "Other" in application menus
• YouTube bot check message - Show a dedicated error when YouTube asks to "confirm you're not a bot", pointing to cookies in Settings → Network & Auth or a network/proxy change, instead of the misleading "This video requires sign-in" message
• Age-restricted YouTube quality notice - Log a clear explanation when YouTube requires account age-verification for an age-restricted video, which limits yt-dlp to low-quality formats (usually 360p) instead of silently downloading them
• Browser cookie errors - When Youwee can't read browser cookies, the dialog now shows the real cause: macOS blocking access (with a button to open Full Disk Access settings), a missing browser profile, or a locked database. Before, a missing or blocked profile was reported as "Chrome is currently open", so closing the browser never helped. The dialog is now translated
• Gallery "Open Dependencies" button - The button in the Gallery page's "gallery-dl is required" banner now opens Settings → Dependencies instead of the General tab

Changed

• Dependency updates - Updated Tauri to 2.12 with all Tauri plugins, React 19.3, Vite 8.3, i18next 27, react-i18next 18, Biome 2.6, Radix UI, lucide-react, and other frontend packages, plus Rust crates including zip 9 and rusqlite 0.42

Download

📋 Requirements

• Windows: Windows 10 or later
• macOS: 10.15 (Catalina) or later
• Linux: Ubuntu 20.04 or equivalent

Optional

• FFmpeg - for best video/audio quality (auto-download available in Settings)
• Gallery-dl - for download images from supported sites (self-setup required)

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:

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt

What's Changed

• fix: add categories to Linux desktop entry by @vanloctech in #131
• feat: embed AppImage update information by @vanloctech in #133
• fix: explain age-verification quality limit for YouTube downloads by @vanloctech in #134
• fix: report YouTube bot check separately from sign-in errors by @vanloctech in #135
• feat: let filename metadata go after the title by @vanloctech in #139
• feat: add first-run setup dialog for yt-dlp Stable and FFmpeg by @vanloctech in #140
• feat: install gallery-dl from the app by @vanloctech in #141
• feat: add Infistar sponsor to README and AI providers by @vanloctech in #142
• fix: show the real cause when browser cookies can't be read by @vanloctech in #144
• chore: update dependencies (Tauri 2.12, React 19.3, Vite 8.3, i18next 27) by @vanloctech in #145
• feat: add inline download buttons to X video posts in browser extension by @nguyenphutrong in #143
• docs: add missing Gallery fix to the Unreleased changelog by @vanloctech in #146

New Contributors

• @nguyenphutrong made their first contribution in #143

Full Changelog: v0.20.4...v0.21.0