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Clipy
Open-source desktop app to download and edit YouTube videos losslessly.
Clipy is a privacy-focused desktop application built with Tauri and Rust that downloads and edits YouTube videos without re-encoding or quality compression. It integrates yt-dlp and FFmpeg to provide high-resolution video grabbing alongside lossless cutting and local library management.
What it's for
- Download YouTube videos in original quality up to 4K
- Extract audio-only tracks from online video links
- Trim and cut downloaded clips without re-encoding
- Manage and organize a local video archive
Features
- Downloads videos up to 4K resolution using yt-dlp
- Lossless video trimming and cutting powered by FFmpeg
- Local media library management with search, rename, and remove
- Pause, resume, and cancel download controls
- Automated yt-dlp binary update checks
- Audio extraction options for music and speech
Pricing
Free and open-source under the MIT license.
Details
- Type
- GitHub repo
- Category
- Productivity
- Topic
- Video Downloader
- Open source
- Yes
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- For
- Content creators, researchers, and anyone wanting a private, ad-free desktop video downloader and trimmer.
- Alternative to
- 4K Video Downloader, ClipGrab, LosslessCut
- Tags
- video downloader, youtube, ffmpeg, yt dlp, video editor, tauri, open source
Why it was saved
- @tom_doerr: Combines downloading and editing of YouTube videos in one free, privacy-focused tool.
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