install

Install Uoink.

See how it works

Note: Windows may flag early builds. Click More info and then Run anyway if prompted.

Windows 10/11 / Local helper & browser button

Get the helper running, add the browser button, and click Uoink on any video or Reddit thread. No Python, no command line, no path wrangling.

GitHubGitHub Releases Chromium browsers Chrome Web Store pending
install stepssideload flow
1. Run helper installer Places local helper under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Uoink 2. Sideload extension Load unpacked folder from the helper directory 3. Start capturing YouTube and Reddit threads save directly to disk
setup steps

Three steps to sideload.

Uoink runs entirely on your machine. Follow this sequence to set it up.

01

Download the helper.

Run the Windows installer. It places the local loopback helper in your user folder.

Note: Windows may flag early builds. Click More info and then Run anyway if prompted.

02

Load the browser extension.

We're waiting on Web Store approval, so you'll need to load the extension folder manually:

  1. Open your browser extensions page: chrome://extensions (Chrome), edge://extensions (Edge), or brave://extensions (Brave).
  2. Enable Developer mode in the top right.
  3. Click Load unpacked and select the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Uoink\extension directory.
03

Click capture.

Open YouTube or Reddit. Click the Uoink button on any video or thread page to save the corpus directly to your local files.

Windowsnow

Desktop helper.

Windows 10/11 / release page

The helper bundles Python, yt-dlp, ffmpeg, SQLite, and the local MCP server. It runs in user space and exposes the loopback server on port 5179.

Extensionpending review

Browser button.

Chrome / Edge / Brave / Vivaldi / Arc / Opera GX

The extension adds capture buttons directly to supported web pages. It communicates locally with the helper and skips broad history permissions.

Chrome Web Store approval is pending. Sideload the extension by loading the unpacked folder located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\Uoink\extension.

Web Store review pending
Macqueued

Mac build queued.

DMG, Keychain, LaunchAgent

Mac build is queued after Windows stabilizes. The macOS path will use the same corpus format and MCP surface.

post-install

What happens when it's running.

The helper starts in the background. The extension checks localhost. When both are green, the Uoink button appears on supported pages.

dashboardafter install
The Uoink dashboard running locally after install: a populated library of captured videos with search, channel and topic filters, and per-source hook labels.
The local dashboard once the helper is running: your captures, searchable and filterable on your own machine.
01

Tray status.

The helper sits in the tray and opens the local dashboard when you need logs, settings, or recent jobs.

02

Local files.

Captures write to your Uoink folder and into a local SQLite index. Nothing uploads to Uoink because there's no Uoink cloud.

03

AI handoff.

Paste into Claude or ChatGPT, or skip the clipboard and let your MCP client call Uoink directly.

troubleshooting

The boring questions that matter.

What operating systems are supported by Uoink?

Mac build is queued after Windows stabilizes. Uoink supports Windows 10 and 11 today. A manual source path is available for developers who want to run the local helper directly.

Does the helper require administrator permissions?

No. The helper runs in user space. On Windows it installs under %LOCALAPPDATA% and starts from the current-user startup entry.

What browsers support the extension?

The extension is Manifest V3 and targets Chromium browsers: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Arc, and Opera GX. Since Chrome Web Store approval is pending, sideload the extension manually from the folder Uoink places on your machine.

Why does Uoink need a desktop helper?

The browser extension can't run yt-dlp, ffmpeg, Whisper, SQLite indexing, or the local MCP server by itself. The helper does that work locally so your corpus never has to pass through a Uoink cloud.