📚 Skillshare Sync

Your Personal Offline Learning Companion

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A desktop application to help you save your purchased Skillshare lessons for personal offline viewing.

Features • Installation • yt-dlp Setup • Disclaimer

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✨ Features

• Native Desktop Experience — Browse Skillshare in a dedicated window
• One-Click Downloads — Floating download button appears when watching lessons
• Automatic Subtitles — Downloads and embeds subtitles when available
• Smart File Naming — Saves files with proper lesson titles

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📦 Installation

Windows (Native C++ App) — Recommended

Lightweight native Windows app (~2MB) using WebView2.

1. Download SkillshareSync-Windows-x64.zip from Releases
2. Extract and run SkillshareSync.exe
3. Ensure WebView2 Runtime is installed (pre-installed on Windows 11)

Linux (Electron AppImage)

1. Download the latest .AppImage from Releases
2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x Skillshare_Sync-*.AppImage

3. Run it!

Build from Source

Windows Native (requires Visual Studio):

cd skillshare-native
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
cmake --build . --config Release

Electron (cross-platform):

cd skillshare-app
npm install
npm start

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🔧 yt-dlp Setup

This app requires yt-dlp to be installed on your system. yt-dlp is a powerful video downloader that handles the actual downloading process.

Linux

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install yt-dlp

Or via pip (recommended for latest version):

pip install -U yt-dlp

Or download binary:

sudo curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp -o /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/yt-dlp

macOS

Using Homebrew:

brew install yt-dlp

Or via pip:

pip install -U yt-dlp

Windows

Using winget:

winget install yt-dlp

Using pip:

pip install -U yt-dlp

Or download the exe from yt-dlp releases and add it to your PATH.

Verify Installation

After installation, verify yt-dlp is accessible:

yt-dlp --version

You should see a version number like 2024.12.23. If you get "command not found", make sure yt-dlp is in your system PATH.

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📁 Usage

1. Launch Skillshare Sync
2. Log in to your Skillshare account
3. Navigate to any lesson you have access to
4. Click the green "Download Video" button that appears
5. Select your download location
6. Done! Video with embedded subtitles will be saved.

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📁 Project Structure

skillshare-sync/
├── skillshare-native/    # Native C++ Windows app (WebView2)
├── skillshare-app/       # Electron cross-platform app
└── yt_dlp_bot.py        # Telegram bot for multi-site downloads

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⚠️ Disclaimer

🔒 FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY

This software is provided exclusively for personal, educational backup purposes of content you have legitimately purchased or have authorized access to.

This project does NOT promote, encourage, or support piracy.

By using this software, you agree to:

• ✅ Only download content you have paid for or have legitimate access to
• ✅ Comply with Skillshare's Terms of Service
• ✅ Follow all applicable copyright laws in your jurisdiction
• ❌ NOT redistribute, share, or sell any downloaded content
• ❌ NOT use this tool to access content you haven't purchased

The developers assume no liability for any misuse of this software. Users are solely responsible for ensuring their usage is legal and ethical.

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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