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Grabbit is ranked #81 of 137 in video downloaders on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, Windows.

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Free plan: Yes
Supported sources: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and 1000+ sites supported by yt-dlp
Output formats: MP4, MKV
Playlist downloads: Yes
Subtitle downloads: Yes
Batch downloads: Yes
Device platforms: Linux, Windows

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Purpose: Grabbit is a desktop video downloader that wraps yt-dlp in a graphical interface.
Download queue: Downloads can run concurrently, be paused, resumed, or retried, and the queue persists across restarts.
Format control: Users can choose video quality and codec, audio format and quality, and subtitle language and format independently; output can be MP4 or MKV.
Site support: The maker says Grabbit supports 1,000+ sites through yt-dlp, including YouTube, Dailymotion, and Vimeo.
Playlists: Grabbit can analyze a playlist and lets users select formats for each entry.
Advanced options: An optional modal exposes yt-dlp parameters, and users can save configurations as named presets.
Other controls: The page lists proxy support, rate limiting, cookies, and a diagnostics panel.
Languages: The interface is available in Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, and detects the system language on first run.
License and cost: The maker describes Grabbit as free and open source under the MIT license.
Requirements: FFmpeg must be installed separately; Grabbit detects it automatically, while yt-dlp is bundled.
Downloads: The maker lists a Linux AppImage and links to all releases; its changelog describes a portable Windows ZIP build.
Security and privacy: The linked privacy policy describes data practices for the AurigaLAB website, including newsletter, comments, advertising, and analytics; it does not specify Grabbit's data practices.
Maker background: AurigaLAB describes itself as a personal laboratory, says its journey began in 1990, and says it is not a company yet.
Support: AurigaLAB lists [email protected] as its contact email.

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aurigalab.dev/lab/grabbit/· checked 11 Oct 2026
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