A powerful macOS app that lets you download videos from YouTube and 1000+ sites in up to 8K quality. Fast, simple, and built for your Mac.
Free to use • macOS 14+ • Apple Silicon & Intel
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Star Video Downloader
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Paste a video URL above and click Download.
Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, TikTok, Instagram, and 1000+ other sites.
Drop video files here
or click to browse — MP4, MKV, MOV, WebM, AVI
Drop corrupted video files here
6-stage repair pipeline — fixes broken, truncated, or unplayable files
Star Video Downloader is a free, native macOS app that makes it simple to download videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Twitch, and over 1,000 other websites. Unlike browser extensions or web-based tools, Star Video Downloader runs entirely offline — your videos never touch a third-party server.
Built with Swift and optimized for Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) and Intel Macs, the app is lightweight and fast. The free tier is genuinely useful — no hidden timers, no watermarks. The Pro upgrade costs just $5 one-time and unlocks 8K quality, unlimited downloads, batch URL input, playlist support, video conversion, and a built-in video repair tool that fixes corrupted or unplayable video files — all without uploading anything to the cloud.
Download, convert, repair, and manage your video library with one app.
Download in the highest available quality — from 360p to 8K. Choose exactly the resolution you want.
Download multiple videos at once. No waiting around — queue them up and let them fly.
Convert between formats — MP4, MKV, WebM, MP3, and more. Trim, merge, and process videos.
Paste multiple URLs at once or download entire playlists. Grab everything in one go.
Embed subtitles, chapters, and metadata directly into your downloaded files.
Automatically skip or remove sponsored segments from downloaded YouTube videos.
Fix corrupted or unplayable video files with a multi-stage repair pipeline. No file size limits, all offline.
Built in Swift, not Electron. Lightweight, fast, and feels right at home on your Mac.
The app now does more of the boring recovery and support work for you, so interrupted downloads and messy media files are less painful to handle.
See titles, channel names, durations, and playlist contents before you add them. Playlist downloads can now be reviewed item by item instead of dumping everything into the queue at once.
Download, conversion, and repair queues now restore more cleanly between sessions, with clearer failed-state recovery and fewer “start from scratch” moments after quitting the app.
Keep conversion presets, repair diagnostics, bulk retry controls, and Finder output shortcuts inside the same native Mac app instead of juggling extra tools or browser workflows.
Need help? The Settings screen now links straight to install help, release notes, and support bundle export so you can diagnose issues faster.
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One-time payment — no subscription
Copy a video URL from your browser and paste it into the app.
Select your preferred resolution and format.
Hit download and your video is saved to your Mac.
Yes. The free version lets you download up to 5 videos per day in up to 1080p. No trial period, no expiration — free forever.
Over 1000 sites including YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Dailymotion, and many more.
Star Video Downloader requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. It runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
No. It's a one-time payment of $5. Pay once, use forever. No recurring charges.
Yes. Each Pro license can be activated on up to 3 Macs at the same time.
After purchasing, you'll receive your license key via email instantly. Just paste it into the app's Settings to unlock Pro.
Yes. Star Video Downloader supports the same sites, offers 8K quality, and costs just $5 one-time — cheaper than most alternatives with no subscription. See the full comparison →
Yes. Star Video Downloader runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs as well as Intel Macs.
Yes, with a Pro license. Paste the playlist URL and Star Video Downloader will queue all videos automatically. You can also choose which items to skip.
Yes. Star Video Downloader can extract audio and save it as MP3, AAC, FLAC, or other audio formats using the built-in conversion tool.
Yes. Star Video Downloader is a native macOS app that runs locally on your Mac. It does not require an account, and downloads happen directly between your Mac and the source site. If you want install, privacy, or Gatekeeper details, see the safety page.
You can download in MP4, MKV, WebM, and more. The conversion tool also lets you convert between MP4, MKV, MOV, WebM, AVI, and extract audio as MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, and others.
Yes. With a Pro license, Star Video Downloader integrates SponsorBlock to automatically skip or remove sponsored segments from downloaded YouTube videos.
The Pro video repair tool can fix corrupted, truncated, or unplayable video files using a multi-stage ffmpeg repair pipeline. It works entirely offline — no uploading files to any server. It handles missing moov atoms, broken indexes, corrupt frames, and audio desync issues.
Star Video Downloader is a native macOS graphical interface built on top of yt-dlp and ffmpeg. You get all the power of yt-dlp without needing Terminal — just paste a URL and click download.
Yes. Star Video Downloader supports Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, Twitter/X videos, Reddit videos, and hundreds of other platforms — not just YouTube.
Have a question, bug report, or feature request? We'd love to hear from you.
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