VidBee
VidBee is a modern, open-source video downloader that lets you download videos and audios from 1000+ websites worldwide. Built with Electron and powered by yt-dlp, VidBee offers a clean, intuitive interface with powerful features for all your downloading needs, including RSS auto-download automation that automatically subscribes to feeds and downloads new videos from your favorite creators in the background.
👋🏻 Getting Started
VidBee is currently under active development, and feedback is welcome for any issue encountered.
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✨ Features
🌍 Global Video Download Support
Download videos from almost any website worldwide through the powerful yt-dlp engine. Support for 1000+ sites including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and many more.
🎨 Best-in-class UI Experience
Modern, clean interface with intuitive operations. One-click pause/resume/retry, real-time progress tracking, and comprehensive download queue management.
📡 RSS Auto Download
Automatically subscribe to RSS feeds and auto-download new videos in the background from your favorite creators across YouTube, TikTok, and more. Set up RSS subscriptions once, and VidBee will automatically download new uploads without manual intervention, perfect for keeping up with your favorite channels and creators.
🎞️ Configurable Output Containers
Pick between Auto (MP4/MKV), MP4, MKV, WebM, or yt-dlp's Original defaults for one-click downloads — no more wondering whether you'll get an MP4 or a WebM. See Formats & Containers for the full breakdown.
🌐 Supported Sites
VidBee supports 1000+ video and audio platforms through yt-dlp. For the complete list of supported sites, visit https://vidbee.org/supported-sites/
🧱 Web + API (Docker-ready)
This monorepo now includes:
packages/downloader-core: Shared yt-dlp/ffmpeg download coreapps/api: Fastify API server with oRPC and SSE eventsapps/web: TanStack Start web client using oRPC
Run locally:
pnpm run start:webThis command starts apps/api and apps/web together.
Run with Docker:
docker compose up -d --buildRun with GitHub Container Registry images:
services:
api:
image: ghcr.io/nexmoe/vidbee-api:latest
environment:
VIDBEE_API_HOST: 0.0.0.0
VIDBEE_API_PORT: 3100
VIDBEE_DOWNLOAD_DIR: /data/downloads
VIDBEE_HISTORY_STORE_PATH: /data/vidbee/vidbee.db
ports:
- "3100:3100"
volumes:
- vidbee-downloads:/data/downloads
- vidbee-data:/data/vidbee
restart: unless-stopped
web:
image: ghcr.io/nexmoe/vidbee-web:latest
depends_on:
- api
ports:
- "3000:3000"
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
vidbee-downloads:
vidbee-data:Stop services:
docker compose downOptional env vars (via .env):
VIDBEE_API_PORT=3100
VIDBEE_WEB_PORT=3000
VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:3100🤝 Contributing
You are welcome to join the open source community to build together. For more details, check out:
- Monorepo apps:
apps/desktop: VidBee desktop app (Electron)apps/docs: Documentation site (Fumapress)apps/extension: Browser extension (WXT)apps/desktop/docs/glitchtip.md: GlitchTip andsentry-clisetup for desktop monitoring
- Contributing Guide
- DeepWiki Documentation
📄 License
This project is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
🙏 Thanks
- yt-dlp - The powerful video downloader engine
- FFmpeg - The multimedia framework for video and audio processing
- Electron - Build cross-platform desktop apps
- React - The UI library
- Vite - Next generation frontend tooling
- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
- shadcn/ui - Beautifully designed components
