🎬 Youwee v0.4.0
A modern, beautiful YouTube downloader built with Tauri.
✨ What's New
Added
- AI-powered video summarization with support for Gemini, OpenAI, and Ollama (local)
- Proxy AI provider for OpenAI-compatible APIs with custom domain (Azure, LiteLLM, OpenRouter)
- Dedicated AI Summary page for quick video summarization without downloading
- Configurable transcript languages with priority order
- Video transcript extraction from YouTube subtitles (including auto-generated)
- Concise summary style option (between Short and Detailed)
- Summarize button in queue items to generate summary without downloading
- YouTube Troubleshooting option for actual player.js version (fixes download issues)
- Re-download with progress tracking in Library
- Copy summary button in Library items
Changed
- Redesigned download settings with clear Video/Audio toggle for better UX
- Merged App Updates section into About section in Settings for cleaner UI
- macOS app icon now follows Apple guidelines with rounded corners and proper sizing (84.4%)
- Improved About section with modern card layout and quick links
- Re-download now updates existing history entry instead of creating new one
Fixed
- Re-download quality mapping (480p → 480, 1080p → 1080, etc.)
- Re-download for summary-only entries now uses best quality and user's output path
- FFmpeg check now defaults to false, properly requiring FFmpeg for best/2K+ quality
- Improved Gemini API error handling with detailed error messages
- Fixed transcript extraction to support YouTube auto-generated subtitles
- Added video description as fallback when no subtitles available
- Prevent transcript cross-contamination between videos
- Show full yt-dlp command in logs instead of just args
📥 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