Window app

AudioGrabber

Paste a link. Get the audio.
Keep a record of everything.

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Version 1.0 · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · 128 KB zip

Queue
Queue
History
Settings
ⓘ Only download content you own, that’s Creative Commons/public domain, or that you otherwise have the rights to save.
https://archive.org/details/apollo-11-mission-audioAdd
Apollo 11 — Tranquility Base Mission Audio
Downloading — 64% · 2.1 MiB/s · ETA 0:12
ⓧ
Kevin MacLeod — Local Forecast (CC BY 4.0)
Converting to MP3…
ⓧ
My Podcast — Episode 42: Shipping It
Done
✔︎
Field Recording — Rain on Tin Roof (CC0)
Done
✔︎
Old Lecture Archive — Session 3
Queued
ⓧ
The Queue: paste or drop a URL, and downloads run in the background with live progress.

Downloads that just happen.

AudioGrabber puts a friendly Mac window on top of yt-dlp and ffmpeg. Add links, walk away, and come back to finished, tagged audio files.

Paste or drop

Paste a URL and press ⌘↩, or drag a link from your browser anywhere onto the window.

Background queue

Downloads resolve, download and convert on their own, with live percent, speed and time remaining.

Five formats

Save as MP3, M4A, FLAC, Opus or WAV, with cover art and metadata tags embedded.

History

Every finished file is logged with its date. Reveal jumps straight to it in Finder.

Dependency check

Settings shows whether yt-dlp and ffmpeg are installed, with their versions and a Re-check button.

Rights-respecting

Built for your own uploads, podcasts, and Creative Commons or public-domain audio. It doesn’t bypass DRM.

Settings, simply.

Everything lives in one grouped Settings pane in the sidebar.

Output

Save to
~/Music/AudioGrabber
FormatAlso M4A, FLAC, Opus and WAV.
MP3
Embed cover art
Embed metadata tags
Simultaneous downloadsFrom 1 to 5 at once.
2

Dependencies

✅ yt-dlp
2026.09.01
✅ ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 7.1
Look for them again
Re-check

Right-click any queue item for Reveal in Finder or Remove. Items in progress have a cancel button.

Tech specs

Requirements
  • macOS 14 Sonoma or later
  • yt-dlp and ffmpeg, e.g. brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg
Formats
MP3 · M4A · FLAC · Opus · WAV
Version
1.0
Signing
Ad-hoc signed. On first launch, Control-click the app and choose Open.
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AudioGrabber.zip · 128 KB

Get AudioGrabber.

A SwiftUI app for macOS 14 and later. Install yt-dlp and ffmpeg first.

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