VideoFetcher was built for the community of privacy seekers. In a world full of tracking and subscriptions, tools like this should be free, safe, and truly yours.
No tracking. No telemetry. No hidden web servers.
VideoFetcher acts entirely on your device. Every URL analysis, metadata fetch, and media download is processed 100% locally using the power of yt-dlp and FFmpeg bundled right into the app. What happens on your device, stays on your device.
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Universal Media Extraction: Download video, audio, and metadata from thousands of websites including YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and more, powered directly by
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Background Queueing Service: A robust foreground service that manages parallel downloads and queues seamlessly in the background. Downloads survive and continue even if you close the application.
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Direct Native Share Integration: Trigger downloads directly from other apps via Android's native share menu (
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Embedded Metadata & Thumbnails: Utilizes bundled
FFmpegbinaries to automatically fetch high-quality thumbnails and directly embed them (along with other media tags) into the final MP4 container for perfect Android Gallery support. -
Smart Resolution Bucketing: The app automatically analyzes raw server qualities and maps complex resolutions into familiar UI tiers (4K, 2K, 1080p, 720p) for easy selection.
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Custom SAF Storage: Select any folder on your device or external SD Card securely via the Android Storage Access Framework (SAF). We strictly avoid requesting invasive
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Customizable Cookies & User-Agents: Bypass geo-blocks, login walls, age-restrictions, and aggressive bot detection by injecting
.txtNetscape format cookies and assigning custom HTTP User-Agents tailored to specific domains. All configurations are stored locally in the app's.cookiesfolder, giving you full freedom to easily change, edit, or swap them out whenever you want!
Using account cookies is entirely at your own risk. When cookies are attached, yt-dlp mimics your personal digital identity during requests. Social platforms (especially Meta / Facebook) actively detect automated traffic. Testing has shown Facebook issuing "Automation Detected" warnings within 3 to 4 days of usage, which can lead to permanent account bans. Please use cookies with extreme caution and delete them when no longer needed.
VideoFetcher is made possible thanks to incredible open-source projects:
- yt-dlp: The incredible open-source core powering all extractions.
- YoutubeDL-Android: (by junkfood02) Provides the Android bindings and FFmpeg binaries.
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No playlist support: The current version does not support downloading playlists. Only individual media URLs are supported.
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No custom yt-dlp options: The app does not have a custom command option like other yt-dlp based projects. The app is designed to be simple and user-friendly, so there are not many advanced options.
This app is completely free and ad-free. If it has made your life easier, please consider supporting the development!
Whether you have feedback, found a bug, or want to discuss a project, chat directly on Telegram: @Tom_lit