Dowzy is a modern desktop application that lets you download videos or audio from almost any website using a shareable link 🔗. Built with Python, PyQt6, and yt-dlp, it offers a fast, clean, and reliable way to save online media with full control over quality, format, and trimming.
- Download videos or audio from most websites with a public link
- Best-quality video + audio, audio-only, and custom yt-dlp formats
- Automatic clipboard link detection 📋
- Media preview with thumbnail and estimated file size
- Download queue with progress tracking and per-item cancel ⏳
- Optional video trimming (start & end time) ✂️
- FFmpeg fallback for merging and trimming
- Modern frameless UI with animated splash screen 🎨
- Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- Python
- PyQt6
- yt-dlp
- FFmpeg
Dowzy is ideal for users who want a powerful desktop downloader without browser extensions or sketchy online tools—just paste a link and download.
This project is intended for educational and personal use only. Users are responsible for complying with the terms of service of the websites they download content from.