Stashy features & command-line guideEverything in the stash.

• MP4 with sound, always

  Video and audio are fetched separately and merged by FFmpeg, so every MP4 has sound, from 360p all the way up to 4K when the video has it.

• The quality you picked

  The quality list shows only the resolutions a video really has. Pick 4K and you get 2160p, not a silent step down.

• MP3 and M4A audio

  Save just the sound as MP3 at 320, 256, 192 or 128 kbps, or as M4A in the original quality.

• A real download queue

  Add as many links as you like. Each gets its own progress bar, speed and time left, with Cancel, Retry and Show in folder. Up to 4 downloads run at once.

• Whole playlists

  When a link is a playlist, switch on Whole playlist and Stashy saves every video in it.

• Tools that stay fresh

  Sites change often. Stashy keeps yt-dlp, FFmpeg and Deno in its own folder and updates them in one click, so downloads keep working.

• Quality in the file name

  Files are named like Title [id] - 1080p.mp4 or - 320kbps.mp3, so several qualities of one video can sit side by side.

• Preview first

  See the thumbnail, title, uploader, site and length before you download, and how many videos a playlist has.

• Browser cookies

  For videos that need you to be signed in, like age-restricted or members-only ones you have access to, Stashy can use your browser's login: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave or Opera.

• Paste and go

  Press Ctrl+V anywhere in the window or drag a link onto it. Enter fetches the details, Ctrl+D starts the download.

• History

  Every finished download is kept on the History page, with search and a click to open the file or its folder.

• Command line

  Download from any terminal or script once Stashy is on your PATH (an optional checkbox in the installer).

  stashy https://youtu.be/aqz-KE-bpKQ -f mp3 Command-line guide

• English & العربية

  A full Arabic interface with a right-to-left layout. Switch languages any time in Settings.

• Updates itself

  Stashy tells you when a new version is out, checks the download's SHA-256 and installs it in a click.

• Dark or light

  A bold dark theme, a light one, or follow Windows. Taskbar progress and a notification when your downloads finish in the background.

• No ads, no account

  Nothing to sign up for, no ads, no bundled extras. Files go straight to your Downloads\Stashy folder, or wherever you choose.

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Stashy

$dir = '%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Stashy'
$key = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::CurrentUser.OpenSubKey('Environment', $true)
$path = $key.GetValue('Path', '', 'DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames')
if (($path -split ';') -notcontains $dir) { $key.SetValue('Path', (@($path.TrimEnd(';'), $dir) -ne '') -join ';', 'ExpandString') }
$key.Close()
# Tell Windows the PATH changed, so new terminals pick it up:
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('STASHY_REFRESH', '1', 'User'); [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('STASHY_REFRESH', $null, 'User')

Skip PATH entirely: call the app by its full path, for example & "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Stashy\Stashy.exe" --help in PowerShell.