🎬 Parabolic

A powerful yt-dlp frontend

Features • Installation • Screenshots • Building • Contributing

✨ Features

🌐 Versatile Downloads Powerful frontend for yt-dlp with support for hundreds of sites 🎵 Multiple Formats Download in mp4, webm, mp3, opus, flac, and wav

⚡ Concurrent Downloads Run multiple downloads at the same time 📝 Complete Metadata Support for downloading metadata and video subtitles

⚖️ Legal Copyright Disclaimer

Caution

Videos on YouTube and other sites may be subject to DMCA protection. The authors of Parabolic do not endorse, and are not responsible for, the use of this application in means that will violate these laws.

📥 Installation

Choose your platform

Linux

Windows Download the latest version from Releases

Browser Extensions Chrome: See extension folder for manual installation instructions

🌍 Translation Status

Help us translate Parabolic! Click here to contribute

💬 Chat & Community

Join our community on Matrix!

🤝 Contributing

We'd love your contribution! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details on:

• 🐛 How to report bugs
• 💡 How to suggest new features
• 🔧 How to contribute code
• 📖 How to improve documentation

📸 Screenshots

🖥️ GNOME Interface

Home Page	Active Downloads

Dark Mode	Add Download

🪟 Windows Interface (WinUI)

Home Page	Active Downloads

Dark Mode	Add Download

🧩 Chrome Extension

🦊 Firefox Extension

🔨 Building

Parabolic is a .NET 10 project and can easily be built on any platform. Besides .NET 10, the following are required system dependencies for building each project:

📦 Dependencies

Shared

• gettext
  • Can be installed on Windows using msys2

WinUI

• WindowsAppSDK

GNOME

• Gtk4
• libadwaita
• blueprint-compiler
  • Can be installed on Windows using msys2

🏗️ Build Process

Once all dependencies are available on the system, simply run:

WinUI:

dotnet run --project Nickvision.Parabolic.WinUI

GNOME:

dotnet run --project Nickvision.Parabolic.GNOME

📜 Code of Conduct

This project follows the GNOME Code of Conduct.

We expect all participants to treat each other with respect and contribute to a welcoming and inclusive community.