Hey Product Hunt community! 👋 I'm the maker behind Coursera DL. Like many students and self-learners, I frequently need to keep offline personal archives of the educational materials I am enrolled in so I can study during flights, commutes, or in areas with patchy connectivity. For a long time, the community relied on the legacy terminal script `coursera-dl`. However, it has become heavily outdated and prone to breaking on SSL or API handshakes. Additionally, managing a python terminal environment isn't ideal for every learner. To solve this, I engineered Coursera DL as a native desktop utility (Windows, macOS, Linux). Why I chose this specific architecture: • Tauri + Rust: Instead of shipping a heavy Electron runtime that eats up system resources, compiling a native binary keeps the desktop app incredibly lightweight and memory-efficient. • Local-First Privacy: Security is absolute. The application processes authentication completely on your machine using your browser session cookies. No passwords or tokens ever leave your local drive. • Smart Random Delays: The Rust backend handles requests responsibly by automatically interleaving random pauses between media segments and PDF downloads to mimic standard browser pacing. The app is entirely open-source under the GPL-3.0 license. I'm actively hanging around today and would love to hear your technical feedback on the Tauri configuration or answer any questions! Repository: https://github.com/courseradl/co...

Coursera DL GUI

Lightweight desktop downloader for Coursera

Lightweight desktop downloader for Coursera