1000+ Sites Supported - Download videos from almost any website worldwide through yt-dlp engine
Smart Platform Detection - Automatically detect video platforms and optimize download parameters
Multi-format Support - Videos, audio tracks, playlists to meet all download needs

🎨 Best-in-class UI Experience

Modern Design - Clean and beautiful interface
Intuitive Operations - One-click pause/resume/retry
Real-time Progress - Detailed download progress tracking and status management
Theme Switching - Support for system/light/dark themes for comfortable viewing

⚡ Powerful Features

🎯 Automatically detect platform-friendly formats and store files in custom locations
🎨 Localized interface support in many languages

📥 Download & Install

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
Choose your platform:
- Windows: Download vidbee-x.x.x-setup.exe
- macOS: Download vidbee-x.x.x.dmg
- Linux: Download vidbee-x.x.x.AppImage
Install and run the application

📸 Screenshots

Clean and intuitive interface with download queue management

Comprehensive download queue with progress tracking and status management

🌐 Supported Sites

VidBee supports hundreds of video and audio platforms through yt-dlp. Here are the most popular platforms:

🎬 Video Platforms

📺 YouTube - Long-form and livestream video from creators worldwide
🎵 TikTok - Short-form mobile videos, effects, and live streams
📘 Facebook - Feed, Watch, and Reels videos from public pages
📷 Instagram - Feed, Stories, Reels, and Highlights content
🐦 X (Twitter) - Timeline posts, Spaces recordings, and broadcasts
🎥 Vimeo - High-quality creator and business video hosting
🌍 Dailymotion - Global news, sports, and entertainment clips
🎮 Twitch - Gaming, music, and IRL live streams and VODs
💼 LinkedIn - Professional talks, webinars, and learning videos
📌 Pinterest - Idea pins, how-to reels, and lifestyle inspiration videos
🎨 Tumblr - Creative short-form media and fan edits
🇯🇵 Niconico - Japanese animation, music, and live broadcast archive
⚡ Kick - Creator live streams and replays on the Kick platform

🎵 Audio Platforms

🎶 YouTube Music - Official music videos, albums, and live performances
🎧 SoundCloud - Music tracks, playlists, and DJ sets
🎛️ Mixcloud - DJ mixes, radio shows, and long-form audio
🎸 Bandcamp - Independent artist albums and community releases

🔗 Other Platforms

🤖 Reddit - Embedded clips and hosted videos from communities

💡 Note: VidBee uses yt-dlp under the hood, which supports 1000+ sites. For the complete list, visit the yt-dlp supported sites documentation.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Runtime: Electron 38, electron-vite, electron-builder
Frontend: React 19, React Router, Jotai, React Hook Form, Tailwind CSS 4, shadcn/ui, Lucide icons
Tooling: TypeScript 5, pnpm, Biome, dayjs, electron-log, electron-store, electron-updater, i18next, next-themes

🛠️ Development Setup

📋 Prerequisites

Node.js 18 or newer
pnpm 8 or newer

📦 Install dependencies

pnpm install

🏃‍♂️ Run the app in development

pnpm dev

The Electron app and Vite dev server launch together with hot module replacement.

📜 Useful Scripts

Command	Description
`pnpm dev`	Run the Electron and Vite development environment
`pnpm start`	Preview the production build locally
`pnpm run typecheck`	Type-check the main and renderer projects
`pnpm build`	Run type checks and produce production bundles
`pnpm build:win` / `pnpm build:mac` / `pnpm build:linux`	Create platform-specific distributables
`pnpm build:unpack`	Produce unpacked output directories
`pnpm run check`	Format and lint the codebase with Biome

📁 Project Structure

src/
├─ main/            # Electron main process, IPC services, configuration
├─ preload/         # Context bridge and preload helpers
└─ renderer/
   ├─ src/
   │  ├─ pages/      # Application routes (Home, Settings, Playlist, etc.)
   │  ├─ components/ # UI components, download views, shared controls
   │  ├─ data/       # Static datasets such as popularSites.ts
   │  ├─ hooks/      # Custom hooks and global atoms
   │  ├─ lib/        # Utilities shared across the renderer
   │  └─ assets/     # Global styles and icons
   └─ index.html

🌍 Internationalization

The renderer uses i18next with English (en) and Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) namespaces. Update strings in src/renderer/src/locales/en.json; other locales are maintained separately.

⚙️ Configuration and Storage

Persistent settings are stored with electron-store and exposed through IPC helpers
User-facing preferences such as download paths and themes live in src/main/settings.ts and related services
Logs are recorded with electron-log to simplify troubleshooting

📦 Packaging

Run one of the following commands after a successful build:

pnpm build:win
pnpm build:mac
pnpm build:linux

Artifacts are generated under dist/. Use pnpm build:unpack to create unpacked directories for manual inspection.

🤝 Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Keep changes focused, document user facing updates, and run pnpm run check before opening a PR.

📄 License

This project is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

README.md

🐝 VidBee

Download videos from almost any website worldwide

✨ Core Features

🌍 Global Video Download Support