Flatsonar

Video Downloader

by Unrud

Download web videos

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v0.12.31
Install Source code
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About

Download videos from websites with an easy-to-use interface. Provides the following features:

  • Convert videos to MP3
  • Supports password-protected and private videos
  • Download single videos or whole playlists
  • Automatically selects a video format based on your quality demands

Based on yt-dlp.

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • access to unrecognised path 'xdg-download/VideoDownloader:create'
    --filesystem=xdg-download/VideoDownloader:create
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.