Grabbit
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The facts
Each one read from Grabbit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Advanced options
- Users can set yt-dlp parameters and save configurations as reusable named presets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Batch downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Download queue
- Downloads can run concurrently, be paused, resumed, or retried, and the queue persists across restarts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The page lists Linux and Windows builds; the Windows build is a portable ZIP requiring no installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Format control
- Users can select video quality and codec, audio format and quality, and subtitle language and format independently.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The interface supports Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, and detects the system language on first run.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Grabbit is described as free and open source under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other controls
- The maker lists proxy support, rate limiting, cookies, and a diagnostics panel.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output formats
- Downloaded video can be merged into MP4 or MKV.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Playlist downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Playlists
- Grabbit can analyze a playlist and let users select formats for each entry.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Grabbit wraps yt-dlp in a desktop interface for downloading videos.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Queue
- Downloads can run concurrently, be paused, resumed, or retried, and the queue is saved across restarts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- FFmpeg must be installed separately; yt-dlp is bundled with Grabbit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The linked privacy policy describes data practices for the AurigaLAB website, including newsletter, comments, advertising, and analytics; it does not specify Grabbit's data practices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Site support
- The maker says Grabbit supports YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and thousands of other sites supported by yt-dlp.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Subtitle downloads
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Support
- AurigaLAB lists [email protected] as its contact email.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported sources
- YouTube,Dailymotion,Vimeo,and 1000+ sites supported by yt-dlpchecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Device platforms
- Linux,Windowschecked 21 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- License and cost
- The maker describes Grabbit as free and open source under the MIT license.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker background
- AurigaLAB describes itself as a personal laboratory for building software and says it is not a company or startup yet.checked 12 Oct 2026
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