Installation

Install Youwee on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and set up the browser extension.

Desktop Application

Download the latest version of Youwee directly from our GitHub Releases page. Choose the correct installer for your operating system below.

Windows

Youwee runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Download the .exe setup or .msi package from the latest release.
Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions.
Launch Youwee from your Start menu.

Browser Extension Bridge

The true power of Youwee comes from its seamless integration with your web browser. The Youwee Extension adds a floating button to supported sites (like YouTube, TikTok, and Bilibili), allowing you to send videos directly to the desktop app with a single click.

Chromium Browsers

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc, and Coc Coc

Packaged .zip build

Download the packaged Chromium build from the latest release:

Download Chromium Extension (.zip)

Extract Youwee-Extension-Chromium.zip.
Open chrome://extensions or your browser's extension manager.
Enable Developer mode.
Click Load unpacked and select the extracted folder.

Firefox

Direct install with the signed release package

Signed .xpi release

Download the signed Firefox package from the latest release:

Download Firefox Extension (.xpi)

Download Youwee-Extension-Firefox-signed.xpi.
Drag the file into Firefox or open it directly.
Confirm installation when Firefox prompts.

Open Youwee Once First

The desktop app must be opened at least once so the operating system registers the youwee:// protocol handler. Without that, the extension may fail with messages such as scheme does not have a registered handler.

Use Floating Button or Popup

On supported sites, the floating button appears directly on the page. On any regular HTTP or HTTPS tab, the popup can still send the current page with media mode, quality, and queue action.

Supported Floating-Button Sites

The floating button is designed for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, Vimeo, Twitch, Bilibili, Dailymotion, and SoundCloud. The extension routes YouTube links into the dedicated YouTube page and other supported links into Universal Downloads.

The extension communicates with the desktop app via a secure local WebSocket connection (ws://localhost:48962). Make sure the Youwee desktop app is running in the background for the extension to work!