Chrome extension for personal course backups
Turn a Skool course into a folder you own.
Save supported videos as MP4, lesson notes as Markdown, and attached files alongside them, all in the original module order. No opening every lesson. No pressing play.
- 5 lessons free each week
- Runs locally in Chrome
- Uses only your existing access
Skool course
See a complete course backup
The whole course, not only the open lesson
A course becomes a folder
Many player-driven downloaders work one open lesson at a time. This one reads the course tree and writes one course to disk in order.
Skool course
Every lesson behind its own page. Nothing is downloadable.
- Module 1 · Foundations
- WelcomeSkool video
- Research the marketSkool video
- Worksheet and linksText and files
- Module 2 · Build the offer
- Write the offerLoom
- Pricing walkthroughYouTube
Your backup folder
Ordered filenames, module folders, notes as Markdown, on your own drive.
- The Offer Lab/
- 01 Foundations/
- 01 - Welcome.mp4
- 02 - Research the market.mp4
- 03 - Worksheet and links.md
- 02 Build the offer/
- 01 - Write the offer.mp4
- 02 - Pricing walkthrough.link.md
- manifest.json
- 01 Foundations/
Completed checkpoints are retained if you need to retry.
How it works
Three steps, then walk away
- 01
Install the extension
One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no email, no trial timer.
Free tier active immediately
- 02
Open a Skool course
A Download course button appears at the top of the course. The extension reads its module and lesson tree without opening every lesson.
50 lessons enumerated in about 7 seconds
- 03
Choose a folder and download
Pick a destination once. Supported videos, lesson notes, and attached files are written into module folders; links to other sites are preserved in the course Markdown.
Committed progress is checkpointed for retry
What gets saved
An archive you can still read in five years
Plain files with plain names, in the order the course was taught. Nothing proprietary, nothing that needs this extension to open it.
- The Offer Lab/
- 01 Foundations/
- 01 - Welcome.mp4MP4
- 01 - Welcome.mdlesson text
- 02 - Research the market.mp4MP4
- 02 Build the offer/
- 01 - Write the offer.mp4MP4
- 02 - Pricing walkthrough.link.mdYouTube link
- 01 - Welcome - resources/attached files
- COURSE.mdoutline + all lesson text
- manifest.jsonevery outcome, in order
- 01 Foundations/
Videos as MP4
Muxed in your browser from the original segments. No re-encode, no quality loss, no server.
Modules and lesson order preserved
Numbered folders and numbered filenames, so the course still reads in sequence a year later.
Lesson text as Markdown
The written part of a lesson is saved next to its video, readable in any editor.
Attached files saved
Files attached to a lesson are downloaded into a folder beside it. Resources that are links to other sites are listed in COURSE.md, not fetched.
Every outcome recorded
The manifest records saved, linked, skipped, locked, and failed lessons without pretending every lesson became MP4.
YouTube lessons preserved as links
Recorded in the manifest with their title and position. They stay on YouTube by design.
Supported videos
What it downloads, and what it will not
Stated before you install, not after. Clear limits prevent avoidable surprises.
Downloads as video
- VideoSkool native videoThe Mux player Skool hosts itself
- VideoLoomEmbedded Loom lessons
- VideoVimeoEmbedded Vimeo lessons
- VideoWistiaEmbedded Wistia lessons
- LinkYouTube lessonsSaved as a link in the manifest. They stay on YouTube, so losing Skool access does not lose them.
Does not bypass
- Not downloadedDRM protected videoNo decryption, at all
- Not downloadedLocked lessonsYour account cannot see them, so neither can the extension
- Not downloadedPaywalled courses you have not boughtSkool never issues a playback token
- Not downloadedDrip content not released yetIt does not exist for your account yet
The extension uses the access your own account already has. It does not bypass permissions, paywalls, or DRM.
The difference
Ordinary downloader versus Skool Backup
Compared against the generic single video downloader category, not against any one named product.
On small screens, scroll the table sideways to compare.
| Capability | Ordinary downloader | Skool Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Open every lesson page yourself | Required | No |
| Press play before it can save | Usually | No |
| Export one whole course at once | No | Yes |
| Keep module and lesson order | No | Yes |
| Save lesson text as Markdown | No | Yes |
| Retain committed progress for retry | Rarely | Checkpointed |
| Download DRM protected video | No | No |
The last row is deliberate. This extension does not decrypt DRM protected video.
Pricing
Try it free. Upgrade when you need the whole course.
Five full lesson backups every week cost nothing. Paid access adds the complete course queue, with monthly and lifetime billing in one simple choice.
Paid plans unlock bulk export. Payment is handled by Dodo Payments as merchant of record, and we never see your card details.
Questions
Legality, privacy, and the honest limits
This tool only downloads content your account already has access to. It does not bypass permissions, paywalls, or DRM. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Skool.
Is this legal?
The extension downloads content your own account is already allowed to view, for your own offline use. It does not circumvent any access control.
Whether you may keep or share a particular course is between you and whoever sold it to you. Read the terms you agreed to. This is a backup tool, not permission to redistribute somebody else’s course.
Can it download private or members-only courses?
It can download exactly what you can already open in your own browser session, including members-only material in communities you have joined or paid for.
It cannot reach anything your account cannot reach. Skool only issues a playback token for lessons you have access to; without one, the video host returns a 403 and the lesson is skipped with a reason.
Does it bypass DRM?
No. There is no decryption of any kind in the extension. DRM protected video is reported as unsupported and skipped.
What happens to YouTube lessons?
They are saved as links in the backup, not as video files. This is deliberate: Chrome Web Store policy prohibits YouTube downloading, and YouTube lessons do not disappear when you lose Skool access, so they are not the content at risk.
The manifest records their title, module, and position, so the course still reads in order.
Where are my files stored?
In a folder you choose on your own disk, using the browser’s directory picker. Nothing is uploaded.
Video bytes are fetched by your browser and assembled into MP4 in your browser. There is no server of ours in the path, which is also why we cannot see what you download.
Does it ask for my Skool password?
No. It never asks for, stores, or transmits your Skool credentials. It uses the session you are already signed in with, the same way any page you have open does.
Does it download lesson attachments?
Yes. Files attached to a lesson are saved into a folder beside it. Resources that are just links to other sites are recorded in COURSE.md and the manifest rather than downloaded.
Can I queue more than one download?
Yes. Requesting another course or lesson while one is running adds it to a queue, and it starts automatically in the same backup folder when the current one finishes. You can reorder or remove anything waiting.
Can an interrupted backup resume?
The built queue checkpoints bytes actually committed to disk, so retrying with the same destination can use retained progress rather than treating the course as untouched.
If Chrome closes, reopen the extension and retry with the same destination. Automatic restart without reopening Chrome is not promised.
Which browsers are supported?
A Chrome extension for desktop Chrome. Firefox and Safari are not supported — they lack the File System Access API it writes files with.
More detail: the step by step walkthrough, what a bulk course export produces, or what the extension does and does not collect.
Back up the course before you lose access to it
Install the extension, open a course, and choose a folder. The free tier downloads single lessons with no signup.
- Free tier5 full lesson backups per week
- Signup None
- Bulk scope One course per run
- Your video Never touches our servers
- Independence Not affiliated with or endorsed by Skool.