Question 1

What is Nabby?

Accepted Answer

Nabby is a free, open-source, self-hostable web interface for yt-dlp. You paste a URL, pick a format, and download the file. It supports TikTok, Reddit, X (Twitter), Facebook, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitch, and most other sites yt-dlp handles.

Question 2

Does Nabby work with YouTube?

Accepted Answer

No. Nabby deliberately does not support YouTube. If you need YouTube downloads, use yt-dlp directly from the command line.

Question 3

How is Nabby different from MeTube or youtubedl-material?

Accepted Answer

MeTube and youtubedl-material are self-hosted queue-based downloaders with persistent storage. Nabby is paste-and-grab: no queue, no database, no accounts, no retained files. Files are deleted from the server one hour after download.

Question 4

How is Nabby different from cobalt.tools?

Accepted Answer

cobalt.tools is a hosted-only service. Nabby is both a hosted service and a self-hostable project you can run on your own server. Nabby runs on top of yt-dlp and intentionally does not support YouTube.

Question 5

Can I self-host Nabby?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Nabby is a Python/Flask application. Clone the repository, run ./run.sh, and the UI is available at 127.0.0.1:5000.

Question 6

Does Nabby keep my downloads?

Accepted Answer

No. Files are stored in a temporary directory and deleted one hour after your job completes.

Download videos from TikTok, Reddit, X, SoundCloud and more.