Flatsonar

Parabolic

by Nickvision

Download web video and audio

Broad permissions Verified creator MIT v2026.5.0
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About

  • A powerful yt-dlp frontend
  • Supports downloading videos in multiple formats (mp4, webm, mp3, opus, flac, and wav)
  • Run multiple downloads at a time
  • Supports downloading metadata and video subtitles

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to ~/.config/opera
    --filesystem=~/.config/opera:ro
  • access to ~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox
    --filesystem=~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox:ro
  • access to ~/.config/chromium
    --filesystem=~/.config/chromium:ro
  • access to ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser
    --filesystem=~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser:ro
  • access to ~/.config/mozilla/firefox
    --filesystem=~/.config/mozilla/firefox:ro
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to ~/.config/microsoft-edge
    --filesystem=~/.config/microsoft-edge:ro
  • access to ~/.mozilla/firefox
    --filesystem=~/.mozilla/firefox:ro
  • access to ~/.config/google-chrome
    --filesystem=~/.config/google-chrome:ro
  • access to ~/.config/vivaldi
    --filesystem=~/.config/vivaldi:ro
  • access to ~/.config/naver-whale
    --filesystem=~/.config/naver-whale:ro
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver

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 (x5)
    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.