Privacy. Your files stay yours.

Updated November 4, 2026 · Covers the desktop app and this website

YT-DLP GUI runs on your computer. There’s no download cloud, no account and no data to sell.

What the app doesn’t collect

  • No telemetry, crash reports or advertising IDs
  • No accounts, mailing lists or sign-up walls
  • Your download links are never sent to this website

What stays on your computer

Recents, save folders, theme and other settings are stored locally in the app’s data folder. Delete that folder, or clear Recents in the app, and they’re gone.

yt-dlp and FFmpeg install into the same folder on first launch, unless they’re already on your PATH.

When the app talks to other services

  • Downloading: yt-dlp fetches media straight from the site you paste, such as YouTube, Instagram or Twitch. Recents thumbnails load from YouTube.
  • Updates: yt-dlp updates come from GitHub, and FFmpeg builds from ffbinaries on GitHub.
  • Weather, if you turn it on: forecasts come from Open-Meteo, and ipapi.co guesses your city from your IP when you don’t type one.
  • Music Finder, if you use it: audio fingerprints go to AcoustID or ACRCloud, with your own API key.
  • Browser tab: pages you open there work like any browser, under each site’s own terms.

This website

The site is static. Cloudflare Web Analytics counts visits without cookies. Nothing is stored in your browser.

Questions

Open an issue on GitHub.