Download videos from 1,000+ sites. Find any spoken moment later.

Download from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, and 1000+ sites, or import your own files. VidBee creates searchable, timestamped transcripts on your computer, so you can find exact moments, export the text, or summarize and translate with the AI provider you choose.

Download VidBee for desktopStar on GitHub

Free. No account. Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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  1. Paste a link or choose a file

    Download a video or playlist from 1,000+ sites, or import media already on your computer.

  2. Create a local transcript

    Get searchable text with speaker labels and timestamps. Your media never needs to leave the device.

  3. Search and jump to the moment

    Click a result to play the exact timestamp, then export text or subtitles, summarize, or translate.

Download Videos

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Download YouTube Playlists, Channels, and Search Results

Save playlists, channels, and search results from YouTube in high quality. Download YouTube Watch Later, Liked videos, and private YouTube playlists.

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Extract YouTube Subtitles

Download annotations and subtitles along with YouTube videos. Save them in SRT format and choose from 50+ languages.

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Get Videos in 4K & 8K

Download videos in HD 720p, 1080p, 4K, and 8K resolution. Enjoy high definition on any device.

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VidBee is free and open source. Downloads and transcripts stay on your computer—not on VidBee's servers. Under the hood, it runs on yt-dlp and FFmpeg—the same battle-tested engines used in production around the world.

Turn any video or recording into a transcript you can use

Transcribe interviews, podcasts, lectures, YouTube downloads, or files already on your computer. VidBee keeps the words, speakers, timestamps, and playback together.

Speaker recognition

Separate voices, rename speakers, and jump straight to every moment they spoke.

100+ languagesAUTO-DETECT
Maya Chen0:01

Before we talk about features, walk me through the last review.

Alex Rivera0:12

On Monday I had six recordings open, a notes document, and a spreadsheet of quotes.

Jordan Kim0:26

When you find the right clip, what has to stay attached to it?

Accurate transcription in 100+ languages

Whisper detects the language automatically, then keeps every line timestamped and synced with playback.

Export

Take the transcript with you as text, Markdown, subtitles, or captioned video.

Search

Find a word or phrase, select the line, and continue from the exact timestamp.

Transcription stays on your computer

Choose Whisper, SenseVoice or Qwen3-ASR. Download once, then transcription runs locally.

  • Speech stays local
  • Files stay on this device
  • AI only if you send it

Turn the transcript into the next thing you need

Summarize a long conversation, translate every line, build an FAQ, or map the main ideas. Start with a built-in workflow or write your own prompt.

Custom prompts

Write once, save it, and run the same workflow on any transcript.

Built-in workflows

Start with practical prompts for the tasks people repeat most.

Use the AI provider you already trust

Bring your own API key, connect Ollama or LM Studio, or add a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Works with the sites you already use

Powered by yt-dlp, with support for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Bilibili, and 1000+ other sites.

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What people say about VidBee

Community feedback about VidBee in their own words—click a card to open the original post.

Tom Dörr@tom_doerr

Video downloader for 1000+ websites powered by yt-dlp github.com/nexmoe/VidBee/

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GitHub Projects Community@GithubProjects

Download videos from almost any website worldwide

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Simplifying AI@simplifyinAI

This tool can download literally anything from link 🤯 100% free. Open source. No ads.

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Dark Web Informer@DarkWebInformer

💥 VidBee is a modern, open-source video downloader that lets you download videos and audios from 1000+ websites worldwide. GitHub: github.com/nexmoe/VidBee

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Harman@itsharmanjot

Holy shit... someone just open-sourced a desktop app that downloads video from 1,000+ websites. YouTube. TikTok. Instagram. Twitter. Facebook. All of them. For free. It's called VidBee and it's the cleanest video downloader I've ever seen. No sketchy browser extensions. No $10/month subscriptions. No ads. No malware popups. Just paste a URL and download. Here's what makes it different: → Powered by yt-dlp (the most powerful download engine on the planet) → Built-in FFmpeg for automatic format conversion → One-click pause, resume, and retry downloads → RSS auto-download — subscribe to a creator and it downloads every new upload automatically in the background → Desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux → Web + API version with Docker support → 7,500+ GitHub stars and growing fast The wildest part? It has RSS automation. You subscribe to your favorite YouTube channels or TikTok creators and VidBee downloads every new video they post — automatically. No manual work. Ever. This is the kind of tool that gets mass reported and taken down. 100% Open Source. MIT Licensed. Bookmark this before it disappears.

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Ginger T@cqcore

It is always handy to have contingencies in your #OSINT Toolbox. Here is a resource to help you download videos. github.com/nexmoe/VidBee/

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FAQ

To deliver an out-of-the-box experience, we bundle yt-dlp, the Deno JS runtime, ffmpeg, and ffprobe so downloads succeed more often and formats, audio, and subtitles work immediately. Other software keeps installers small by downloading these after installation, but that slows down the first-run experience.

Build a video library you can actually search

Save videos locally, find exact spoken moments, and turn transcripts into summaries, translations, or reusable notes.

Download VidBee for desktopView source on GitHub

Completely free. No registration or account required.