Vidak is a free app for Windows. Paste a video link, pick quality up to 4K or audio-only MP3, and hit Download. The file lands in your folder. That's it.
Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit · installs in a minute · v0.1.0
Watch offline — on a plane, on a train, at a cabin with no internet. Save a tutorial, lecture, recipe or your own clip before it's gone.
No ad-filled downloader sites with limits. Vidak runs on your computer, sends nothing anywhere and asks for no account.
Nothing. No paid tiers, subscriptions, watermarks or caps on how much you download.
Nothing extra — just what you actually need to download a video to your computer.
YouTube — regular videos, Shorts, live streams, youtu.be and YouTube Music links. VK — videos and clips, including vkvideo.ru. Rutube — videos and shorts. Vimeo — clips from the page and the player.
You need a link to a specific video — just copy it from your browser's address bar.
Ready-made presets: 4K, Full HD, HD and SD. Each shows an approximate file size, so there are no surprises after the download.
The "Audio" tab saves the sound track as MP3 instead of the video. That's how people grab music, podcasts and lectures from YouTube.
H.264 plays everywhere, even on old players and TVs. AV1 makes a smaller file at the same quality.
One checkbox and subtitles are saved next to the video — Russian, English, both languages, or every available one.
Paste twenty links at once: the first downloads with your settings, the rest line up in a queue and go one after another.
If the link contains a playlist, a "Whole playlist" checkbox appears. Without it only a single video is saved — you won't grab a hundred clips by accident.
Pause a download and continue from the same spot. Even if you closed the app, it offers to finish the download on the next launch.
Drag a link straight into the window, or turn on the clipboard hint — the app notices the address you just copied.
A list of everything you've saved at the bottom of the window: open the file, open the folder, or jump back to the source video in one click.
Video needs a sign-in or is 18+? Connect your browser's cookies or a cookies.txt file and the download runs as you.
Video blocked in your region — set an HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5 proxy in the settings and Vidak goes through it.
Five steps from a link to a finished file — the same for YouTube, VK, Rutube and Vimeo. A one-minute read.
Download the installer and run it. Windows may show a "SmartScreen" prompt — click "More info" → "Run anyway": that happens with every new app that doesn't have an expensive signature. After installation Vidak opens as a single window — nothing else to set up.
Copy the video address in your browser (the address bar or the "Share" → "Copy link" button), paste it into Vidak's field and click Find. You can also just drag the link into the app window with your mouse.
In a couple of seconds a card appears: thumbnail, title, channel, length. That means the video is found and ready to download. The Batch button turns the field into a box for several links — one per line.
The Video tab — quality from SD to 4K (the "opt." mark is a sensible default). The Audio tab — save just the sound as MP3. Below you can switch the codec and tick Subtitles.
Only the qualities this video actually has are shown. The size under each card is approximate; the final file may differ by 5–10%.
Pick where to save. To avoid choosing every time, set a default folder: the gear in the top-right corner → "Default folder". Then you'll see the percentage, speed and time left; a download can be paused or cancelled.
At the end the status changes to "processing" — that's normal: the app merges video and audio into one file. On large clips it takes from a few seconds to a couple of minutes, and the bar "breathes" meanwhile.
Done — click Open file to play it in your player, or Open folder. Everything you download stays in the history at the bottom of the window: the file opens from there in one click too.
If the file won't open or plays without a picture — download that video again with the H.264 codec, or install the VLC or MPC-HC player, they read any format.
While a download is running, the button changes to "Queue" — paste new links and they'll download in turn with the default settings. A default folder is required for the queue.
Settings has "Parallel download". On a fast connection set it to 8 or 16 — it gets noticeably quicker. If your network is weak and keeps dropping, go back to 1–2.
The "Update yt-dlp" button at the top of the window. Press it first if a video suddenly stops downloading — 8 times out of 10 it fixes the problem.
Only download what you have the right to: your own clips, material with the author's permission, or content available under a license. You are responsible for how you use the files.
Common errors and hiccups when downloading video — and what to do about them. Click a question to expand the answer.
Vidak works with links to a specific video: YouTube (regular video, Shorts, live stream, youtu.be, music.youtube.com), Vimeo, Rutube and VK Video.
Links to a channel, search results, a home page or shorteners like bit.ly won't work. Open the video itself and copy the address from the address bar.
YouTube sometimes asks you to log in. The fix is to hand the app the cookies of a browser you're already signed in to:
If that didn't help, install the "Get cookies.txt LOCALLY" browser extension, save a cookies.txt file and connect it with the "cookies.txt" button next to the browser list.
A video like this is available only to people with access or a paid membership. Connect the cookies of the browser signed in to the right account. If you don't have access, it can't be downloaded.
This is paid or premium content with technical protection (movies, some stream recordings). Such streams can't be downloaded by any tool — it's a limitation of the platform itself, not the app.
Unavailable — the clip was deleted, hidden by the author or blocked. Check whether it opens in a browser.
Region-restricted — turn on a VPN, or set a proxy in the settings (gear → "Proxy"), for example socks5://127.0.0.1:1080.
The video doesn't exist as a file yet. Wait for the broadcast to start — better still, to end: then the whole recording downloads.
Platforms change their protection regularly. What to do:
Most often an antivirus deleted the file: it sometimes treats the download engine as suspicious. Click the Download yt-dlp button right in that message — the app fetches the official version and verifies its checksum. If the antivirus removes it again, add Vidak's folder to the exclusions.
ffmpeg merges video with audio and makes MP3. Reinstall the app — the file comes back. If you already have ffmpeg installed separately, point to ffmpeg.exe in the settings.
That's the final stage: video and audio are being combined into one file. For 4K and long clips it can run for several minutes and load the CPU noticeably. Wait — no progress is lost.
Raise "Parallel download" in the settings to 8–16. Remember the platform limits speed too: a 3 GB 4K file physically can't arrive in a minute.
Vidak downloads one file at a time so it doesn't split the bandwidth. Just add new links — they'll queue up and start automatically. Or cancel the current download.
Videos from the queue download without asking, so the app needs to know in advance where to put them. Open the settings, set a "Default folder", then click "Start".
Most likely the player doesn't understand the codec. Download the video again choosing H.264, or install VLC — it opens everything.
Open the settings → "Show logs": the exact reason for the failure is there. The "Open logs folder" button next to it — you can attach that file to a support email.
Copy the link to the clip, paste it into Vidak, click "Find", choose the quality and "Download". Shorts and live streams download the same way.
The same way: open the post on VK, copy the address of the video or clip and paste it into the app. For videos from closed groups, connect your browser's cookies.
Yes. Switch to the "Audio" tab — the sound track is saved as MP3, without the video.
Yes. No subscriptions, paid versions, ads or caps on the number of downloads.
No. No account, no email, no activation key.
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. There are no macOS or Linux versions yet.
In the folder you chose. Nothing is sent to the internet: the download goes straight from the platform to your disk.
Up to 4K (2160p), if the source video has it. The app doesn't show quality that isn't there.
Only download what you have the right to: your own material, content with the author's permission, or under a free license.
Focused answers for a specific job, from a single video to a playlist or MP3 audio.
One installer, no add-ons or "partner offers". A free app to download video from YouTube, VK, Rutube and Vimeo — forever.
Vidak is free and will stay that way — no ads, no subscriptions, no limits. If the app came in handy, you can say thanks with a small donation.
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