Download videos & playlists from YouTube, TikTok & any site
Best Video Downloader for Windows, Mac & Linux
VidLoader downloads videos, audios, playlists & channels from any website or video-sharing platform - including YouTube, TikTok & Instagram - straight to your computer. Save clips as MP4 or MP3, build a private library you fully control, and never lose a reference to a takedown again.
Free unlimited downloads. No account required. Auto-monitoring available on VidLoader Plus.
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Paste a link from any site to save it.
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Urban Explorer
From link to local library in seconds.
No web converters. No shady pop-ups. Downloads run right on your own machine.
1. Paste a link
Drop in a URL from any website or video platform — YouTube, TikTok, and beyond — or send it over from the browser extension.
2. Preview
Instantly see the title, thumbnail, creator, and exact duration before you save.
3. Download
Save as MP4 video or MP3 audio straight to your local drive. It's yours to keep.
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Your private clip library
Cinematic forest aerial
142 MB • MP4
Abstract glowing particles loop
85 MB • MP4
Neon cyberpunk street walk
1.2 GB • MP4
Sunset timelapse over the city
450 MB • MP4
A permanent home for your clips.
Stop relying on bookmarks that lead to "Video Unavailable" pages. Every clip you download with VidLoader is yours forever — organised, searchable, and always playable offline, whether or not the original ever comes back online.
Instant search & filter
Search your whole library in a keystroke. Filter by platform or format (video / audio) and sort however you like.
Play solo or as a queue
Watch a single clip or line them up as a continuous playlist with the built-in player.
Local & private
Files live natively on your machine — hand them to your editing software or media player anytime.
Grab any video without leaving your browser.
Install the free VidLoader extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari. When you're on a video page, one click sends it straight to the desktop app to download — or starts monitoring the whole channel. It even carries your login cookies along, so members-only and region-locked videos come through cleanly.
- One-click download from any website or video page
- Send channels straight to auto-monitoring
- Passes your session cookies for private & age-gated videos
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Auto-download new uploads
Quiet, automatic archiving.
Follow playlists, channels, users, or hashtags. VidLoader checks for new uploads on a schedule you set and downloads them automatically — so your archive keeps growing without you lifting a finger.
- Check every 15m, 30m, 1h, 6h, or 24h
- Perfect for creators archiving reference channels
- Pause and resume any source at any time
Built for people who take media seriously
Everything you need to download, archive, and manage your reference media — in one fast, native desktop app.
MP4 video or MP3 audio
Save the full video or extract audio only. Best-quality streams are merged automatically on your machine.
Works everywhere
Download from any website or video-sharing platform, including YouTube and TikTok, by pasting a single link.
Instant preview
See the title, thumbnail, creator, and exact duration before you commit to a download.
Private, searchable library
Every download lands in a local library you can search, filter by platform or format, and sort your way.
Built-in player & queues
Play a single clip or line several up as a continuous queue with the built-in player.
Record & save live streams
Capture live broadcasts while they air and keep the full recording to watch anytime.
Direct link downloads
Paste a direct video or audio file link and VidLoader saves it straight to your library.
Trim clips
Cut the exact section you need out of any saved clip and keep it as its own clip — the original file stays untouched. A VidLoader Plus feature.
Bring your own AI
Connect any OpenAI-compatible AI service with your own key. Settings stay on your device and VidLoader talks to your provider directly. A VidLoader Plus feature.
AI Transcriber
Turn any saved clip into text with one click using your own AI service. A VidLoader Plus feature.
AI Summarizer
Get a concise AI summary of any clip's content without watching it through. A VidLoader Plus feature.
Auto-generate blog posts
Turn downloaded videos or audio — or files you upload yourself — into ready-to-publish blog posts with a matching AI cover image. A VidLoader Plus feature.
AI Auto-search
Search downloaded videos or audio — or your own uploaded files — for any keywords and get the exact timestamps and how many times each one occurs. A VidLoader Plus feature.
Clip groups
Group related clips and play a whole group as one continuous queue — monitored downloads can even group themselves automatically.
Auto-monitor playlists
With VidLoader Plus, follow playlists, channels, users, and hashtags and download new uploads automatically.
Custom check intervals
Choose how often monitoring runs — every 5 minutes, 30 minutes, hour, 6 hours, or day.
Browser extension
Download or monitor straight from any page with one click. Works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox & Safari.
Subtitles included
Automatically download subtitles in your preferred language alongside each clip.
Fast, native downloads
Downloads run locally with no upload middle-man. Run several at once and watch progress in a live queue.
Speed & quality controls
Cap download speed so VidLoader never hogs your connection, and set a default resolution from 480p up to best available.
Private & age-gated videos
Pass your browser cookies so members-only, private, and region-locked videos download cleanly.
Backup & restore
Export your library to a JSON backup and restore it on another machine in seconds.
Auto-launch
VidLoader can start itself when your device boots or restarts and resume your tasks — downloads and monitoring pick up right where they left off.
Windows, macOS & Linux
A fast, native desktop app that feels at home on every major operating system.
Speaks your language
Use VidLoader in 11 languages with a fully translated interface — including right-to-left layouts for Arabic and Urdu.
Yours, forever
Files stay on your drive. No cloud lock-in, no expiring links, no re-downloading.
Proxy support
Route downloads through your own HTTP or SOCKS proxies to dodge throttling and regional blocks — add several and VidLoader automatically picks one that works.
Free lifetime updates
The built-in updater keeps VidLoader current on every platform. All future features and fixes are included — no upgrade fees, ever.
24/7 support
Questions or trouble? Reach our support team around the clock and get an answer from a real person.
Loved by downloaders everywhere
Thousands of people keep their favorite videos safe, offline, and on their own devices with VidLoader.
The fastest way I've found to save clips before they disappear. Downloads are instant and the quality is flawless.
Maya Chen
Content Creator
I monitor a few channels and new uploads land on my device automatically. It just works in the background.
Diego Ramirez
Podcaster
Ripping audio to MP3 for my commute is effortless. One paste and it's on my phone.
Sarah Okafor
Student
Clean, private, and no accounts. My library stays on my own devices, exactly how I want it.
Tom Becker
Software Engineer
Simple pricing. Full power.
Download for free forever. Add automatic monitoring whenever you want it.
Everything you need to download and keep your clips.
- Unlimited video & audio downloads
- MP4 video and MP3 audio
- Private, searchable clip library
- Browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox & Safari)
- Backup, restore & portability
- Windows, macOS & Linux
- Proxy support
- Free lifetime updates
- 24/7 support
Everything in free, plus hands-off archiving.
- Everything in VidLoader
- Auto-monitor playlists & channels
- Monitor users & hashtags
- Record & save live streams
- Custom check intervals (5m–24h)
- Monitor straight from the extension
- Trim clips into custom cuts
- Bring your own AI service
- AI Transcriber
- AI Summarizer
- Auto-generate blog posts & cover images
- AI Auto-search with timestamps
- Priority 24/7 support
- Cancel anytime
Subscribe to Plus and you'll get a license key that unlocks monitoring in the desktop app immediately.
