Grabvex started as a problem I had on a regular Tuesday: I wanted to save one Pinterest video, and twenty minutes later I was still fighting a website that didn't want me to.
Every downloader I tried felt like a trap. Five buttons that all said "Download," and four of them opened a casino. A countdown timer for no reason. A pop-up asking me to turn off my ad blocker, then another asking me to allow notifications. Somewhere under all of it, maybe, was the file. By the time I found it I'd forgotten what I came for.
So I built the version I actually wanted. One box, one button, the file. That's Grabvex.
What it does
You paste a link from Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X (Twitter), Facebook or Threads. Grabvex reads the page, finds the original media file behind it, and hands you the address to download it. The video or image comes straight from the platform's own servers — it never routes through me, never sits on a machine I own.
You get the file the way it was uploaded. Full resolution, real format, no logo burned across the bottom. If a clip was posted in 1080p, that's what you get. I don't upscale it, I don't re-encode it, and I'd never pretend a 480p file is "HD."
The rules it runs on
- No accounts. You never sign up, log in, or connect anything.
- No ad tracking. No ad pixels, no profiles, no selling your data — just privacy-respecting Google Analytics so I can see which pages actually help people.
- No stored links. The link you paste lives in memory for the couple of seconds it takes to find your file, then it's gone. No history, no log.
- No dark patterns. One real download button. No decoys, no upsell, no "premium" tier that unlocks the thing you came for.
Who built this
Grabvex is built and maintained by Arpit Soni — an indie maker who also runs thewealthora.com, a personal-finance site. I've spent the last few years shipping the kind of tools I personally wanted to use: things that load fast, don't sell you anything, and don't pretend to be more complicated than they are. Thewealthora is the writing project. Grabvex is the utility one.
If you want to write back — about a bug, a missing feature, or anything else — the address is grabvex@gmail.com, and the social handles are linked in the footer.
What it won't do
Grabvex only works with public posts. If something is private, it can't be reached — the same way you'd see nothing opening that link in a private browser window. That's not a limitation I plan to "fix." Private should stay private.
It's also not a piracy tool. Save your own posts, save things you have a right to use, give credit when something isn't yours.
The legal bit
Grabvex is an independent project, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X (Twitter), Facebook, Threads, Meta, ByteDance, Google, or any platform whose links you might paste into it. Trademarks and platform names appear here only for identification.
You're responsible for what you download and what you do with it afterwards. Grabvex doesn't host or store the media — it locates the original file on the platform's own servers and hands you the address. Use it for content you own, content you have permission to use, or material you're otherwise entitled to save. Don't use it to infringe copyright. Don't use it to break a platform's terms of service. The full conditions are in the Terms; if anything in there is unclear, write in.
If you believe something accessible through Grabvex infringes your rights, email grabvex@gmail.com with the link and a brief explanation — it'll be handled promptly.
That's the whole story. If you've got a bug, an idea, or a link that won't cooperate, the blog is where I write things down, and the tools are one click away.