Local media workstation

Download.
Organize.
Keep.

Grabbit is a local desktop downloader and media library for content you own, created, or have permission to archive.

Grabbit does not bypass DRM or grant access to content you cannot lawfully download. You are responsible for respecting site terms and copyright.

Grabbit Desktoplocal backend connected

Queue

jobs ready

Active

workers

Creating local archive

video, gallery, model, and shader sources

Browser page sent to Grabbit

Duplicate skipped

Clip exported

Current capabilities

One local system. Multiple source types.

The desktop shell, local API, browser extension, and source-specific workers operate as one application.

Desktop

A native application

Grabbit runs in its own Windows window, owns its local backend, and stays accessible from the system tray.

Browser

Session-aware handoff

The Chrome and Edge extension can scan the active page, download in the browser session, or send its URL to Grabbit.

Queue

Controlled ingestion

Submit single links or batches, then pause, resume, cancel, clear, and monitor work from one queue.

Library

Local media records

Completed media is indexed locally with searchable metadata, playback, deletion, and favorite controls.

Sources

Clip export

Mark a start and end point on downloaded media, create a named clip, and export it as a separate local file.

Support

Inspectable diagnostics

Check backend health, runtime tools, storage, database state, and export a redacted snapshot for troubleshooting.

Privacy

Local-first by default

Settings, queue state, metadata, and downloads remain on your machine. Grabbit requires no hosted account.

Workflow

A desktop tool,
not another tab.

The interface and processing stack run together locally, while the extension is used only when browser context is required.

Send

Paste one or more links, or hand the active browser page to Grabbit through the extension.

Route

Grabbit identifies the source and routes video, gallery, social, model, or shader work to the appropriate local worker.

Keep

Track progress in the queue, then inspect, play, favorite, clip, or remove completed files from the local library.

Local-first, explicit, inspectable.

Grabbit stores its database, settings, queue state, and downloads on your machine. No hosted account is required to run the desktop application.

The browser extension handles user-requested page scanning and download handoff. Diagnostics exports are redacted for safer support and release verification.

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Documentation

Know what runs.

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Install

Desktop setup, browser extension loading, and first connection checks.

Operate

Queue controls, source workers, media library, clips, settings, and diagnostics.

Verify

Release notes, security policy, artifact checksums, and update-channel details.

Release path

Built first. Distributed carefully.

Core functionality already runs locally. The remaining work is about trustworthy public distribution, not a speculative product.

Current build / release hardening / platform expansion

Core product

Available now

Native Windows shell, tray controls, local backend, queue, media library, clips, diagnostics, and extension handoff.

Public distribution

Release work

Code-signed Windows installer, stable updater feed, versioned artifacts, and Chrome and Edge store review.

More platforms

After Windows

macOS packaging first, followed by Linux packaging once the Windows release and update path are proven.

Ready to inspect it?

Start with the current downloads.

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