Pullframe is a macOS desktop app for pulling usable video, audio, subtitles, thumbnails, chapters, and metadata from YouTube links. It is built with Electron, React, TypeScript, yt-dlp, and ffmpeg.

Official website: https://pullframe.app

Official downloads: https://pullframe.app/download

Release notes: https://pullframe.app/release-notes

Why Pullframe exists: https://pullframe.app/why-pullframe

ProRes workflow: https://pullframe.app/prores-youtube-downloader-mac

Acceptable use: https://pullframe.app/acceptable-use

• Multi-tab workflow for videos and playlists
• Video, audio, and merged format selection
• Optional muxing, transcoding, and professional format conversion
• Subtitle download and conversion to Original, SRT, VTT, or ASS
• Thumbnail, description, comments, info JSON, and chapter marker exports
• Download queue with persistent history
• Optional browser sign-in source for videos that require YouTube login or verification
• Built-in update checks against the official Pullframe update feed

• macOS on Apple Silicon for the packaged app target
• Node.js 22
• npm

Pullframe bundles yt-dlp and ffmpeg for packaged builds. During development, the app uses the binaries under resources/bin.

Install dependencies:

npm ci --legacy-peer-deps

Start the app in development mode:

npm run dev

Run the main verification checks:

npm run typecheck
npm run build

Build a local macOS package:

npm run package:mac

Local packages are intended for development and self-built use. Official Pullframe releases are signed, notarized, and distributed from pullframe.app.

Source-built apps are unlocked for contributors and self-builders. They function as activated without storing a real Pullframe license entitlement.

The app still checks the official update feed. If you install an official update over a source-built app, the official app returns to the normal Pullframe trial and license flow.

Pullframe avoids sending source URLs, local paths, filenames, media titles, raw logs, license keys, hostnames, usernames, serials, clipboard contents, and window titles in telemetry. Feedback diagnostics show a summary before submission.

Pullframe is open source so editors, archivists, and internal media teams can inspect what the app does before trusting it in a professional workflow. The paid build is for signed downloads, lifetime updates, license recovery, and support. Source builds remain available for contributors and self-builders.

Pullframe is licensed under GPL-3.0. See LICENSE.