About
What yoinkvideo is
A small, focused tool for downloading YouTube videos to your device. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. The homepage is the entire app.
Why we built it
We used a lot of YouTube downloaders. Every one had the same patterns: misleading download buttons, popups that opened ads, "click here to continue" hops, fake quality pickers, mandatory captchas, premium upgrades, and quietly-bundled crapware.
yoinkvideo is the version we wanted to use. Single page. Honest about what it does and doesn't do. The format you pick is the format you get. The size shown is the size you download. The Privacy and Transparency pages describe exactly what passes through and where — not in marketing language, but specifically enough that someone technical can verify them.
Who runs it
yoinkvideo is run by a small group of developers who chose to stay anonymous. We're not building a personal brand on this — we just wanted a clean YouTube downloader and decided to put it online. The decision to remain unnamed isn't a security posture or a legal dodge; it's a UX preference. We'd rather the tool speak for itself. If that lowers your trust, the Transparency page is where verifiable specifics live.
What we won't do
- — Add ads, popups, or sponsored content. Ever.
- — Sell, share, or monetize user data. (We don't collect data, so there's none to sell.)
- — Add a paid tier that gates basic features.
- — Add captchas or "click here to continue" gates.
- — Bundle the download with unrelated installers or files.
How we cover costs
The current monthly bill is essentially zero — the backend runs on Oracle Cloud's permanent free tier, Cloudflare provides DNS / Workers / Pages / Tunnel on their free plan, and the domain renewal is annual. If traffic grows enough to need a paid tier on any of those, we'll either absorb the cost ourselves or look into non-tracking, non-intrusive sponsorship. We'll be specific about that on this page if it happens; we won't slip ads in quietly.
Contact
- General / bugs / feedback: [email protected]
- Privacy questions: [email protected]
- DMCA / takedown: [email protected]
Email addresses route to a real inbox we read. Response time is best-effort — expect days, not hours.