TubeGist app icon TubeGist macOS
Buy TubeGist - $19
Native macOS app

Read 2-hour videos in 4 seconds.
Offline on your Mac.

TubeGist turns YouTube videos into structured study notes. Private, offline, and searchable on your Mac.

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TubeGist - Library (16 videos indexed)
TubeGist library showing indexed YouTube videos with collections
Universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel macOS 14 and later One-time purchase
4s
Synthesis time

Long lectures become structured study guides with one click.

<40MB
Memory footprint

Native AppKit binary with no background drain.

100%
Local and private

Transcripts and keys stay on your SSD.

$19
Pay once

Perpetual license with v1 updates included.

Built for builders who refuse subscription bloat

Stop letting browser tabs turn into a graveyard of unread tutorials.

Web extensions and bloated cloud summarizers

  • $20/month recurring tax ($240/yr) just to summarize YouTube transcripts you already stream for free.
  • Electron memory hogs spinning laptop fans and using 1.5GB of memory in the background.
  • Cloud surveillance. Your watch history and study notes sit on remote third-party servers.
  • Lost when offline. Lose Wi-Fi and your knowledge library becomes unreachable.

A permanent second brain on your SSD

  • Pay $19 once, own it forever. Bring your own key (Gemini, OpenAI, Groq) or run local models.
  • Native AppKit speed. Launches in under 120ms at a quiet 40MB footprint.
  • Sub-5ms SQLite full-text search across thousands of transcript segments with no internet.
  • Local privacy. Credentials are stored with owner-only file permissions. Zero telemetry.

Designed exclusively for macOS

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TubeGist - Deterministic Study Notes
TubeGist study notes screen
Deterministic extraction

Core takeaways, chronologically indexed timestamps, and actionable concept summaries.

Instant clipboard and export

One-click Markdown export for Obsidian, Notion, Apple Notes, or Cursor.

Grounded in the transcript

Summaries stay anchored to real transcript segments. No invented claims.

Feels like Apple designed it for Mac Pro

Engineered for professionals who prefer keyboard shortcuts and immediate response.

Keyboard-first flow

Every major action has a native shortcut, so review never leaves the home row.

⌘N New URL ⌘F Search ⌘G Generate ⇧⌘E Export MD ⌥⌘C Copy times ⌘⌫ Remove

Sub-5ms SQLite search

A full-text index across the library finds the exact second a lecturer explained attention mechanisms.

Smart topic collections

Organize videos into collections like AI Agents, Semiconductors, or Calculus with manual precision.

Zero cloud telemetry

API keys stay on disk with owner-only permissions. No trackers and no account signup.

Pure Swift and Rust core

AppKit views scroll at a full frame rate while a compiled Rust backend normalizes transcripts.

Universal Apple Silicon

Native ARM64 instructions for M1 through M4, with compatibility for Intel MacBooks.

M1M2M3M4Intel

Pay once. Own it forever.

No tiers. No feature limits. No monthly subscriptions.

Lifetime license - Universal macOS
$ 19 USD / once

One payment for perpetual access on every Mac you own.

  • Full native macOS application (Apple Silicon and Intel universal binary)
  • Unlimited video indexing with zero volume caps
  • Sub-5ms SQLite search across the full offline library
  • Bring your own key: Gemini Flash, OpenAI, Groq, Ollama
  • One-click Markdown export for Obsidian and Notion
  • All v1 feature updates included at no extra charge
Buy TubeGist - $19

30-day money-back guarantee - Instant license delivery - 100% private

Cloud SaaS summarizers (NoteGPT, Eightify) $240.00 / year (forever)
TubeGist lifetime license $19.00 once (own forever)
Three-year total savings +$701.00 USD

Frequently asked questions

Licensing, privacy, and system requirements.

TubeGist uses a local-first architecture. It fetches clean YouTube captions directly or transcribes them locally, normalizes the text with a native Rust core, and sends an optimized prompt through your own API key (such as Gemini Flash, which offers a generous free tier). This removes cloud SaaS markups, so you pay $19 once.
No. There are no cloud servers and no tracking telemetry. The SQLite database lives locally on your Mac, and credentials are stored with owner-only file permissions.
Yes. A single $19 license covers personal installation on every Mac you own, such as a MacBook Pro and a Mac Studio.
TubeGist requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or macOS 15 and later. It ships as a universal binary with native support for Apple Silicon (M1 through M4) and Intel Macs.
There is a strict 30-day money-back guarantee. If TubeGist does not save you hours every week, contact support for a full refund. No questions asked.

Own your YouTube library forever. Start learning.

Join engineers, researchers, and students saving 10 hours every week with TubeGist. Pay $19 once and own it forever.

Buy TubeGist - $19

Instant download - Universal binary - 30-day money-back guarantee