The AppImage will not run and mentions FUSE. What do I do?

AppImages need FUSE 2, which newer distributions no longer install by default. On Ubuntu and Debian run sudo apt install libfuse2. On Fedora run sudo dnf install fuse. Alternatively run the AppImage with the --appimage-extract-and-run flag, which skips FUSE entirely.

Is there a Flatpak, Snap or AUR package?

Not officially. The published Linux artifact is an x64 AppImage. Packaging contributions are welcome on GitHub, and the electron-builder configuration already supports adding deb and rpm targets.

Does ArcDLP work on ARM Linux or a Raspberry Pi?

There is no published arm64 build, but building from source works. Set npm_config_arch to arm64 before npm install so the correct yt-dlp and ffmpeg binaries are fetched, then run npm run build:linux.

Privacy

Privacy policy

ArcDLP runs on your computer. It has no accounts, no analytics and no telemetry, and the project never receives any data about you or what you download.

What the app connects to

Sites you paste in. ArcDLP hands the link to yt-dlp, which contacts that site to read the video details and download it.
Update check. On startup the app asks the GitHub releases API for the latest ArcDLP version. GitHub sees your IP address, as with any web request. Nothing else is sent.
yt-dlp updates. Only when you click Update in Settings, the app downloads the latest yt-dlp from GitHub and checks it against the published checksum.
Optional sign-in. If you sign in to YouTube or Instagram, you type your details into Google's or Instagram's own page. ArcDLP never sees your password. The session cookies stay on your computer and are only passed to yt-dlp for your downloads.
Proxy. If you set one in Settings, fetches and downloads go through the proxy you chose.

What is stored on your computer

Settings, download history (titles, links and thumbnails) and sign-in sessions are kept in the app's data folder on your computer. Settings, Reset deletes all of it, and uninstalling ArcDLP on Windows removes it as well. Downloaded files go to the folder you choose.

Third-party services and components

Requests to GitHub fall under GitHub's privacy statement. Sites you download from or sign in to apply their own privacy policies. ArcDLP bundles yt-dlp, ffmpeg and Deno, which run locally and only talk to the sites you download from.

Questions

Open an issue on GitHub. Last updated October 14, 2026.