VidNabbit is a free website that downloads video, audio and images from public URLs using yt-dlp and ffmpeg. It is meant for media you own or have the right to download. These safeguards are non-negotiable:
- no DRM circumvention,
- no logins or cookies,
- a takedown blocklist,
- files deleted within 3 minutes,
- rate limits,
- SSRF protection.
🟢 Live at vidnabbit.com since 27 October 2026.
What it does
The site has two tools:
- VidNabbit (vidnabbit.com/download) downloads media from links (details below).
- Convabbit (vidnabbit.com/convert/images) converts files entirely in the browser, so nothing is uploaded:
- images between JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, GIF/APNG, TIFF, BMP, ICO, SVG and EPS (and opens HEIC, RAW/DNG and AI);
- Word to PDF and PDF to Word;
- images to PDF, PDF to images, and merging PDFs.
Downloader
Paste a public link, pick a format (MP4 up to 4K, MP3, M4A or the original image), and download it. The file is deleted from our storage within 3 minutes.
- Works with public pages on most video, audio and image sites that play without signing in, plus direct file links and archives such as the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
- YouTube: Creative Commons videos only.
- Never: DRM-protected services, anything behind a login or paywall, private or live content, or links removed at a rights holder's request.
Rights holders can ask for content to be blocked or a whole site excluded at vidnabbit.com/copyright. Contact: [email protected].
| Path | What |
|---|
apps/web | Next.js 16 frontend (README) |
services/api | FastAPI + yt-dlp service and download workers (README) |
deploy/ | Production stack and launch runbook (README) |
BRAND.md, brand/ | Brand rules, logos and icons. Read BRAND.md before any UI work; never redraw the logo. |
docs/design-tokens.css | Design tokens used by the web app |
Brand at a glance
- Colours: Nabbit Rose
#F43F5E · Coral #FF4D6D · Violet #7C3AED · Sun #FFD166 · Ink #1E1B2E
- Gradient:
linear-gradient(135deg, #FF4D6D, #7C3AED)
- Font: Nunito (SIL Open Font License)
- Visual guide: open
brand/brand-guide.html in a browser.
Local dev
# terminal 1
cd services/api && uv sync && uv run uvicorn app.main:create_app --factory --reload --port 8000
# terminal 2
cd apps/web && npm install && npm run dev
Open http://localhost:3000. To work on the UI without the backend, run npm run dev:mock instead. With Docker: docker compose up --build (API, download worker, Redis and Postgres).
How it's deployed
- Website: Next.js on Cloudflare Workers via OpenNext (
npm run cf:deploy in apps/web).
- API and download workers: one VM running Docker Compose: Caddy (accepts Cloudflare traffic only), the API, workers, Redis and Postgres on an internal network with no route out, and Smokescreen as the only way to the internet. Smokescreen refuses private, loopback, link-local and cloud-metadata addresses.
- Files: Cloudflare R2, deleted within 3 minutes. Bot check: Cloudflare Turnstile.
See deploy/README.md for the step-by-step runbook and security checks.
Private docs
The project brief, product brief, architecture, security and abuse, design and operations docs (docs/0*.md), the SEO plan and CLAUDE.md are kept in a separate private repository. Code comments that cite "docs/02 section …" refer to those docs.
Nothing in this repository is legal advice. Only download media you own or have permission to use; see the Terms.
