Tikt.com
Consumer and social
video downloader
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
3 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for saving videos
From 2 comments
Thank you for your service. Your tools are helpful.
yreg on HNI can see it being useful as a web app. I would suggest that you consider also add a mobile app so you have a rounded offering. As on a regular basis I see a video in tiktok and…
v5v3 on HN
Objections
Malware risk from downloaded files or the site
From 3 comments
What's preventing this website from injecting malware or doing other nefarious things before serving the content?
phyzix5761 on HNIs it possible for an mp3 or mp4 to contain malware?
cellularmitosis on HNNothing really, like any website which serves video files. But it's pretty hard to insert malware into video files; you'd need to find a vulnerability which you can exploit in…
WhyNotHugo on HN
Operator runs many similar download sites, possibly for SEO or profit
From 2 comments
I noticed the website looked quite similar to other websites for downloading videos, and then found the link to your personal website in the footer (which links to your other…
varun_ch on HNSEO
mouse_ on HN
Suggested a mobile app is needed, others object to app-first design
From 3 comments
I can see it being useful as a web app. I would suggest that you consider also add a mobile app so you have a rounded offering. As on a regular basis I see a video in tiktok and…
v5v3 on HN> I would suggest that you consider also add a mobile app so you have a rounded offering Why does everything have to be a mobile app? The website works fine on mobile.
bramhaag on HNIndeed. This compulsion is infuriating because it becomes normalized to require an app for things that very much should be a website. At least once a month I have the experience…
hamburglar on HN
Requests
Add a mobile app
From 1 comment
I can see it being useful as a web app. I would suggest that you consider also add a mobile app so you have a rounded offering. As on a regular basis I see a video in tiktok and…
v5v3 on HN
Support as a PWA share target
From 1 comment
Chrome PWAs can act as share targets. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Manifest/Reference/share_target
jampekka on HN
Questions
Does it use cobalt or its own implementation
From 1 comment
does this use cobalt under-the-hood? or does it have its own implementations?
Jotalea on HN
How the site makes money
From 1 comment
How do you make money?
jerrygoyal on HN
Is it a wrapper around yt-dlp
From 1 comment
yt-dlp wrapper?
xnx on HN
Alternatives named
yt-dlp
From 2 comments
yt-dlp wrapper?
xnx on HNhttps://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/13235
nadermx on HN
gallery-dl
From 1 comment
gallery-dl wrapper?
xnx on HN
cobalt
From 1 comment
does this use cobalt under-the-hood? or does it have its own implementations?
Jotalea on HN