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LinkedIn, Pinterest and Threads join OpenDownload.

Three new sources in the application code, with public access, real format choices and clear limits.

Three photographic collections connected to one archival box

More places for your media

The current OpenDownload source adds LinkedIn public video posts, Pinterest video and single-image pins, and Threads posts whose public page includes media data. They appear in the workspace's supported-sites list and this website's source guide in both languages.

Keep the source honest

Some sources provide MP4 files without reporting codecs or dimensions. OpenDownload now preserves these original files. It shows a resolution only when reported, and describes MP3 conversion as requiring an audio track when audio metadata is missing. A missing field no longer hides an available video.

Real audio format selection for a public LinkedIn video in OpenDownload
LinkedIn audio selection in the live application, October 2026.

Public access remains the boundary

The adapters use the existing guarded outbound proxy and bounded metadata reads. Threads requests the public search-preview representation with a crawler-compatible User-Agent and matches the requested post's code. This representation can change. No login cookies, challenge solving or watermark removal is added. A public URL can still be inaccessible from a particular host.

Run the current application source

These additions belong to the current source, not the immutable v0.1.0 container release. Build the application from main to use them. Updating this website does not deploy the download engine or certify the public app's running revision.

Terminal
git clone https://github.com/Lord-shaban/OpenDownload.git
cd OpenDownload
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up --build
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