Frequently Asked
Questions

A free, browser-based tool that lets you browse, watch, and download YouTube Shorts from any public channel — no login, no app install, no tracking. Built and maintained by Faizan Ahmad Khichi as part of the FAK LAB open toolkit.

Paste any of the following into the search box and press Load Shorts:

• A @handle — e.g. @mkbhd
• A full YouTube URL — e.g. https://youtube.com/@mkbhd
• A raw Channel ID — e.g. UCBcRF18a7Qf58cCRy5xuWwQ

If you only have a handle or URL, click Resolve ID first — it will automatically extract the Channel ID for you.

Shorts are vertical 9:16 content. Watching them in a small modal wastes screen space and feels cramped. The fullscreen overlay fills your screen just like the YouTube app does. Press Esc or tap the ✕ button to close.

Clicking Download calls our server-side proxy, which fetches the highest-quality MP4 link and streams it directly to your browser as a file download. If your browser blocks the direct save (CORS restriction on certain networks), the video opens in a new tab — right-click → Save video as to save it manually.

Yes. The layout is fully responsive. The fullscreen player uses 100dvh so it fills the screen correctly even on mobile browsers with dynamic toolbars. Tap anywhere on the video to show/hide the controls overlay.

The ☀️ / 🌙 button in the top-right corner switches between light and dark themes. Your preference is saved in localStorage and automatically applied on every visit. On first visit it follows your OS colour scheme preference.

No. FAK LAB Shorts Player does not use cookies, does not track users, and does not log video views or search queries. The only data stored in your browser is the theme preference (fak-theme in localStorage).

Downloading YouTube content may violate YouTube's Terms of Service. This tool is provided for personal, educational, and research use only. You are solely responsible for how you use downloaded content. Do not redistribute, monetise, or re-upload content without the original creator's permission.

The FAK LAB Shorts Player is provided free of charge for personal use. Reselling, white-labelling, or embedding it in a paid product without written permission from Faizan Ahmad Khichi is not allowed. Contact via faizankhichi.me for licensing enquiries.

Yes. To keep the service free and fair for everyone, each IP address is limited to 60 API requests per minute. Exceeding this limit returns a 429 Too Many Requests response. The limit resets automatically after 60 seconds. Normal browsing will never hit this limit.

Requests are blocked when they:

• Exceed the per-IP rate limit
• Come from automated scripts without a valid browser User-Agent
• Contain suspicious or malformed input (SQL injection patterns, excessively long strings, etc.)
• Try to pass a non-YouTube URL to the download endpoint

If you believe you were blocked in error, wait 60 seconds and try again with a normal browser.

The API is not a public, documented API — it is the backend for this frontend only. Programmatic scraping or automated bulk requests are not permitted and will be rate-limited or blocked. If you need programmatic access to YouTube data, use the official YouTube Data API v3.

FAK LAB Shorts Player depends on the YouTube InnerTube API and a third-party download proxy. If either service changes their API, some features may temporarily stop working. This is a free hobby project — uptime is best-effort. Follow @faizanahmad.khichi for updates.