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ClipSwifty

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A beautiful, native macOS app for downloading videos from YouTube and other platforms.

Latest Release Platform Swift License


Features

  • Easy to Use – Just paste a URL and click download
  • Auto-Paste – Automatically detects video URLs in your clipboard
  • Dynamic Quality Selection – Shows available qualities for each video (4K, 1080p, 720p, etc.)
  • Smart Prefetch – Loads video info in the background while you decide
  • Playlist Support – Download entire playlists or select individual videos
  • Multiple Formats – Video (MP4) or Audio-only (MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC)
  • Parallel Downloads – Download multiple videos simultaneously
  • Native macOS Design – Built with SwiftUI, feels right at home on your Mac
  • Fully Signed & Notarized – No security warnings, just download and run

Screenshots

ClipSwifty Main Interface
Paste a URL, choose quality, and download – it's that simple

ClipSwifty Download Progress
Track your downloads with real-time progress

ClipSwifty Playlist Support
Playlist detected? Choose how many videos to download

Installation

Download

  1. Go to Releases
  2. Download ClipSwifty.zip
  3. Unzip and drag ClipSwifty.app to your Applications folder
  4. Open the app – no Gatekeeper warnings, it's fully notarized!

Requirements

  • macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
  • Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) or Intel Mac

Usage

  1. Copy a video URL from YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, or many other sites
  2. Open ClipSwifty – the URL is automatically pasted
  3. Select quality – choose from available formats (4K, 1080p, 720p, etc.)
  4. Click Download – that's it!

Supported Sites

ClipSwifty supports thousands of websites including:

  • YouTube (videos, shorts, playlists)
  • Vimeo
  • TikTok
  • Twitter/X
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Dailymotion
  • Twitch
  • And many more...

⚠️ Important Notice / Disclaimer

Please read this carefully before using ClipSwifty.

📋 Copyright Compliance

Only download content you have permission to download. Respect copyright laws and the terms of service of content platforms.

👤 Personal Use

This app is intended for downloading content for personal, non-commercial use only.

✋ Your Responsibility

You are solely responsible for how you use this app. The developers are not liable for any misuse.

🔗 Third-Party Tool

This app uses yt-dlp, an open-source tool. ClipSwifty is not affiliated with any video platforms.

By using this app, you agree to use it responsibly and in compliance with applicable laws.

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/akeschmidi/ClipSwifty.git
cd ClipSwifty

# Open in Xcode
open ClipSwifty.xcodeproj

# Build and run
# Press Cmd+R in Xcode

Creating a Release

# Run the automated release script
./scripts/release.sh 1.2.0

This will build, sign, notarize, and publish to GitHub automatically.

Acknowledgments

ClipSwifty is built on the shoulders of giants. Huge thanks to these amazing open-source projects:

The powerful command-line tool that makes video downloading possible. yt-dlp is a fork of youtube-dl with additional features and improvements. Without this incredible project, ClipSwifty wouldn't exist.

License: Unlicense

The Swiss Army knife of multimedia processing. FFmpeg handles all the audio/video conversion magic behind the scenes.

License: LGPL/GPL


Special Thanks

  • The entire yt-dlp community for maintaining such a fantastic tool
  • The FFmpeg team for decades of multimedia excellence
  • Apple for SwiftUI and making native Mac development a joy
  • All contributors and users who help make ClipSwifty better

☕ Support the Project

Did ClipSwifty save you from sketchy download websites full of ads and pop-ups?

Did it rescue your offline movie collection from extinction?

Is your Downloads folder now suspiciously full of "educational content"? 😏

Buy me a coffee

Your support helps keep the developer caffeinated and the app updated! 🚀

Every coffee ☕ = One less bug 🐛 (probably)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

  • Report bugs via Issues
  • Submit feature requests
  • Open Pull Requests

License

ClipSwifty is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.


Made with ❤️ in Switzerland 🇨🇭

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