# 599 followers, one 26-second video, 186 stars in a day: BiliDesk took off on Bilibili, not on GitHub · GitHub open source project

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> The author is himself a Bilibili UP host; a 26-second version video he posted 11-02 was recommended to 65k views (he has only 599 followers), bringing 3,000 downloads and +186 stars in a single day, with 11-04 more; meanwhile Bili.Copilot, the veteran Windows native client, has been inactive for nearly a year, and the official client is criticized for too many ads and lag.

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ABING1111/BiliDesk · ABING1111

# 599 followers, one 26-second video, 186 stars in a day: BiliDesk took off on Bilibili, not on GitHub

**What it is** An open-source, free, Windows-only third-party Bilibili desktop client, built to be clean and light, to watch 1080P without logging in, and to skip sponsored segments.

**Why it took off** The author is a Bilibili UP host himself. A 26-second version video posted on 11-02 was recommended to 65k views (he has only 599 followers), bringing 3,000+ downloads and +186 stars in a single day at its peak 11-04. At the same time, Bili.Copilot, the leading native Windows client, had been effectively unmaintained for nearly a year, and the official client was getting complaints for too many ads and lag.

**B** **How you could follow suit** Take the playbook to other platforms where users are heavy and the official client annoys them (Douyin, RedNote, NetEase Cloud Music, Steam, etc.), and run short-video promotion there yourself. To stay on Bilibili, build the native Mac app it doesn't have.

Grade B: the playbook is clear and replicable, and BiliSail got about 500 stars in a month with the same approach. But the Bilibili client space is already crowded, the numbers only reach a few hundred stars, and there's platform risk (API changes, rate limits). The real opportunity is moving to another platform, and that bet is yours to make. It's spreading in small circles

Data (updated daily) · Repo created 2026-10-01 · 581 stars · 7 days +359

GitHub · stars

Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 31 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one

BiliDesk is an open-source Windows third-party Bilibili client written by one person, which shipped 21 versions in 36 days. Its stars didn't come from GitHub Trending, X or Hacker News. The author posted promo videos on Bilibili, and Bilibili recommended them to tens of thousands of people who were already scrolling Bilibili every day. Below: what it is, how that video drove the traffic, who it competes with, and how to get stars for your own open-source project the same way.

### A video whose description just says "some new stuff"

In the morning of Nov 2026 2 10:19, Bilibili UP host "_ABing_" posted a 26-second video titled "Lightweight refactor, smooth evolution", with a description of just five words: "Some new stuff." At the time the account had 599 followers and 7 videos.

By Nov 6, the video had 65.7k plays, 3,238 likes, 4,917 favorites, 644 coins and 427 comments (Bilibili video page, 11-06). Plays were 100× his follower count, and the favorite rate was about 7.5%. Bilibili pushed it to lots of people who had never heard of him.

The video covered the new version of BiliDesk, his software. The same day, v1.5.2 went up on GitHub; from 11-02 to 11-03, three minor versions were downloaded 670 + 1,394 + 1,148 times. 11-04, the repo's stars jumped from 246 to 432, +186 in one day. Before that it had been gaining only a few a day: 10-17, then 147,11-02, then 228 (GitHub daily star counts). 11-06 it reached 523, and the live value that day was already 545.

The top-liked comment wasn't about BiliDesk but about the official client: "The Google Store version of Bili was the most comfortable to use, and then they quietly pushed an update to the backend" (108 likes). Second: "Looks good, the official PC client has too many problems", and someone replied: "On my 2000 Mbps broadband, the official PC client stutters and buffers every day." 11-04 someone reported a bug where the sound cuts out in the last few seconds, and the author replied: "Fixed, new version coming later."

### What it is

A Windows-only Bilibili desktop client written in WPF / .NET 10, using LibVLC as the playback core, with a portable build that runs after unzipping. Licensed under GPL-3.0, and the first paragraph of the README states it's unofficial and non-commercial.

What it offers users is what the official client lacks or does poorly: watch 1080P without logging in, up to 4K / HEVC; SponsorBlock skips sponsored segments in videos; an "audio only" mode that treats Bilibili like a podcast; hold the left mouse button for temporary speed-up; block UPs and title keywords; live in the system tray; and Windows 11 Mica and Acrylic window materials. In short: cleaner, lighter, and more like a native Windows app.

### Where the stars came from: the author posting videos on Bilibili himself

Searching "BiliDesk" on Bilibili returns videos from the author's own account. Four promo videos (Bilibili search, 11-06):

| Date | Title | Views | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09-19 | BiliDesk · Minimalist Bilibili desktop client (1 min 10 sec) | 14k | 846 |
| 09-26 | BiliDesk v1.0.0 — clean, small, open-source third-party Bilibili | 23k | 1,204 |
| 10-05 | Clean is the base; clear is the new coat of paint | 16k | 697 |
| 11-02 | Lightweight rebuild, smoother evolution (26 sec) | 65.7k | 4,917 |

Two details are worth noting.

First, **the video came before the repo** . The first video went up in Sep 19, and the GitHub repo wasn't created until Oct 1. For him, GitHub was just a download site and feedback channel. Users first met the software on Bilibili. Promoting "a better Bilibili" to heavy Bilibili users means the viewers and the users are the same people, and they can download it right after watching.

Second, **the download peaks followed the videos closely** . After the 10-05 video, the v10-06 released by 1.2.5 was downloaded 1,444 times; after the 11-02 video, over 3,200 times in two days. Across 21 versions, cumulative downloads were about 9,000 (GitHub Releases, 11-06), which includes repeat downloads by existing users upgrading, so the real user count is estimated in the thousands. Stars lagged the downloads by about a day and then surged; this may be Bilibili ramping up exposure gradually, or people downloading to try it first and coming back to star it once they liked it (inference; we couldn't get hourly star timestamps).

Beyond that, almost no other channel: X has nothing on it in the last 30 days, no media outlet or big account has written about it. Only a couple of open-source navigation sites (git.hiwiki.org's Bilibili client chart and open-source chart) auto-listed it. 11-05 On linux.do someone posted asking "what good third-party Bilibili clients are there for Windows?" The top reply recommended a different project, BiliSail, not this one. 11-04 Whether those 186 stars came from a second source like QQ groups or WeChat Official Accounts, I can't tell.

### Why now: the old leader stopped updating, and the official client has been annoying people

The native Windows Bilibili client used to be led by Richasy's Bili.Copilot, 5,218 stars, but its last release was in Nov 2025 26, and it now gains only 1 stars a week. Earlier UWP-based clients stopped updating long ago. The official PC client gets complaints about too many ads, pushing membership, and lag; the comment sections are the evidence. People who want a clean native desktop client had nothing usable.

BiliDesk caught these users with its update pace: 36 versions in 21 days, 11-04 released 3 in one day. The author has made 181 commits; only two outside contributors, three or four commits each. Most of the 50 issues are feature requests: subtitles, sending danmaku, upscaling, always-on-top mini window, a Mac version. From 11-03 on, 3 to 6 new issues arrive each day, which means people are actually using it, not just clicking star. The release notes read like product copy, and the video titles read like a launch event ("Clean is the base; clarity is this release's new look").

### Who else is competing: this category is already crowded

| Project | What it does | Scale | Compared with BiliDesk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilibili official PC client / web | Official | full range | Has ads, pushes membership, heavy |
| Bili.Copilot | Native Windows | 5,218 stars, no release in the past year | Same niche, but stalled |
| BiliSail (哔帆) | Flutter,Win / Mac / Android / iOS | 498 stars, created 7 days ago, +278,10-06 | **The most direct rival in the same period** , same playbook: the author posts videos on Bilibili (21k views) and self-promotes on linux.do |
| PiliPlus and forks | Flutter, mobile-first | 20,337 star | Started on phones, not designed for keyboard and mouse |
| BBLL | Android TV | 17,518 star | TV scenario |
| Bilibili-Evolved | Browser scripts | 31,021 star | Web enhancement, not standalone clients |
| Bilibili-NEXT and others | macOS SwiftUI | Dozens to 96 stars | Mac-only, all still small |

Third-party Bilibili clients are so numerous that someone built a repo just to list them (bilibili-client-software-collection, 216 stars). 2026 8 through October, a new batch appeared, many labeled "AI-built." Some are already riding the name: a Compose multiplatform client created as BiliDesk 10-17 (now renamed ailiaili, 3 stars), and 11-05 BiliDesk-Android followed (1 stars).

So BiliDesk's features are not scarce. It and BiliSail each picked up about 500 stars in the same month using the same playbook, which shows the playbook can be copied and that BiliDesk doesn't own it.

### If it were you

**One line** : what's worth copying is the playbook, not this project. "Build a third-party tool for a platform whose users are heavily invested and whose official client draws complaints, then make videos on that platform promoting it yourself." BiliDesk and BiliSail both used this to go from zero to about 500 stars in a month. Building another Windows Bilibili client now is too late.

**Who it fits** : developers who can build a desktop or mobile client usable day to day on their own, and who are willing to cut 20 to 70 second short videos and show up on the target platform, or at least show the product. A small following is fine; BiliDesk's author has 599 followers.

**Who it doesn't fit** : people who only want to write code and not make content; anyone counting on GitHub trending, X, or Hacker News to bring traffic naturally (these projects get almost no attention there); anyone aiming for thousands or tens of thousands of stars. At this playbook's scale the numbers are in the hundreds. The leaders, PiliPlus and BBLL, grew on years of accumulation and the phone and TV markets.

**How to do it** , three ways to follow, from most to least confidence:

1. **Switch platforms** : move the same playbook to other platforms where users are heavily invested and the official client gets criticized: Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, NetEase Cloud Music, the desktop side of Steam or its third-party tools, and promote to that platform's users on that platform. First check whether that platform has a stalled veteran third-party client leaving a gap.

2. **Build what's missing** : the Bilibili client gap still open is a native Mac version. BiliDesk's issues already include people asking for a Mac build, and the existing SwiftUI projects have only dozens to 96 stars. BiliSail is cross-platform Flutter, and people complain its interactions feel counterintuitive. A native Mac version is the last credible spot in this track, but it would compete head-on with BiliSail.

3. **Copy the features** : high-quality playback without login, SponsorBlock, audio-only playback, blocking UPs. These come up again and again in comment sections and issues, and any competing client should have them.

**How to get users** : you can post videos before building the repo. Keep videos short (the 26-second one worked best), write titles like a release announcement, and make one for every major version. Put the download link in the description and a pinned comment, pointing to GitHub Releases so downloads and stars land in the same place. Personally reply to bug reports in the comments, say "new version coming later", then actually ship it the same day.

**When to move** : the sooner the better. This Bilibili track saw a big wave from 8 to October; the more often the same playbook is used, the less the platform recommends "yet another third-party client". For the switch-platform route, the window depends on whether someone on that platform has already tried it.

**Signs you misjudged** : ① Over the next month BiliDesk or BiliSail posts a new version video, views fall to ten or twenty thousand, and stars stop rising with it. That would mean Bilibili's recommendations for these videos are saturated. ② Bilibili changes its APIs or adds risk controls, third-party clients broadly stop working (BiliDesk v1.5.0 specifically built a "login-free search risk-control bypass"), or it starts throttling promo videos for third-party clients. ③ Conversely, someone uses the same playbook on Douyin or Xiaohongshu to get a few hundred stars for a third-party tool for that platform. That would show the switch-platform route works, so move fast.

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Data and sources: the README, Releases downloads, issues and contributors of GitHub repo ABING1111/BiliDesk (11-06); GitHub daily star counts (10-17 to 11-06); Bilibili search and UP profile pages (11-06); video BV18V4w6xEhW's plays, engagement and comments (11-06); GitHub pages for competitors Bili.Copilot, BiliSail, PiliPlus, BBLL, Bilibili-Evolved and Bilibili-NEXT (11-06); the linux.do recommendation request post (11-05); listing pages on git.hiwiki.org and kaiyuanbang.cn. Real user counts are estimated from download counts; the one-day lag between downloads and stars is an inference.

[GitHub repo ↗](https://github.com/ABING1111/BiliDesk)

**Research notes: competitor table, acquisition evidence, full research report**

Competitors

| Name | Where | Launched | Scale | How it differs from this one |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilibili official PC client / web | Big-company features | Years | Full user base | Official has ads, pushes membership, heavy; BiliDesk is clean, with login-free 1080P, SponsorBlock and audio-only mode |
| Bili.Copilot (Richasy) | Open source | 2023-07 | 5,218 stars, +1 in a week, last release 2025-11-26 | Also native Windows, but essentially stalled; BiliDesk ships 21 versions in 36 days |
| BiliSail (哔帆, CKopoer) | Open source | 2026-10-06 | 498 stars, +278 in the last 7 days | Cross-platform Flutter, multi-window interaction; BiliDesk is Windows-only but more native. Both use the same playbook: the author self-promotes on Bilibili |
| PiliPlus and its forks | Open source | 2024-08 | 20,337 stars, +350 in the last 7 days | Flutter client born on mobile; BiliDesk is designed for desktop keyboard and mouse |
| BBLL | Open source | 2022-12 | 17,518 stars | Built for Android TV, not the same scenario |
| bbhouse-qt | Open source | 2022 (sequel 2026-09) | Small to mid | Qt/mpv, home page is the dynamic feed, following only; BiliDesk has more features |
| Bilibili-Evolved | Chrome | 2018 | 31,021 stars | Web enhancement script, not a standalone client |

Where users come from

- **Verified** **The author promoted it with videos on his own Bilibili account** : _ABing_ (599 followers) posted 4 BiliDesk videos: 09-19 14k views, 09-26 23k, 10-05 16k, 11-02 66k (4,908 favorites). Peaks in downloads and stars closely follow the video releases.

- **Verified** **Bilibili's recommendation algorithm amplifies it** : 11-02 video views are 100 times the follower count, with traffic coming from non-followers

- **Verified** **Passively listed by open-source aggregators** : git.hiwiki.org's Bilibili client chart and kaiyuanbang.cn both list it.

- **Verified** **High-frequency releases with release notes doubling as copy** : 36 versions in 21 days, detailed release notes, and user issues quickly turning into features.

- Inferred **X/media/linux.do** : x-radar 30 days 0 posts; no media coverage found; in linux.do's 11-05 recommendation thread, BiliSail is the one being recommended

## BiliDesk (ABING1111/BiliDesk): why it took off

> Channel: GitHub · Research date: 2026-11-06 · Data card: gh_ABING1111/BiliDesk

### Bottom line

BiliDesk is a native Windows third-party Bilibili desktop client (WPF / .NET 10 / LibVLC). It took off on Bilibili first; GitHub is just where the traffic landed. The author is Bilibili UP host "_ABing_" himself. He posts promo videos on his own account, ships a new version daily, and replies to issues. 11-02 He posted a 26-second version promo video, and Bilibili's recommendations pushed it to 65k views. That is the source of the surge from 11-03 to 11-04 stars. It could take off partly because Bili.Copilot, the leader among native Windows Bilibili clients, had gone nearly a year without a release, leaving the spot open.

### 1. Data

- Stars: repo created 2026-10-01; 10-17 had 147 → 11-02 had 228 → 11-03 had 246 → **11-04 had 432 (single day +186)** → 11-06 had 523 (data card, GitHub repo_day). Live GitHub API value at 11-06: 545. Forks: 9.

- Last 7 days +305, the 7 days before that +32 (GitHub repo_profile). The suspect column shows no anomaly flags.

- **Release downloads** : about 9,000 downloads total across 21 releases (GitHub releases API, 2026-11-06). Downloads cluster in three windows:
    - 10-06's v1.2.5 had 1,444 downloads, matching the third video posted by 10-05;
    - 10-17's v1.3.2 had 1,387 downloads;
    - **11-02 to 11-03 v1.5.2 / v1.5.3 / v1.5.4 total 670 + 1,394 + 1,148 times** , matching the 11-02 video;
    - 11-04 to 11-05 v1.6.2 / v1.6.3 total 690 + 648 times.

- Iteration is extremely fast: 36 days, 21 versions (v1.2.0 to v1.6.3). 11-04 alone shipped 3 versions in one day. The author made 181 commits; outside contributors were just f1shsmell (4 commits) and TeAnli (3 commits).

- 50 issues have been opened, mostly feature requests: subtitles, danmaku, upscaling, always-on-top mini window, a Mac version, and more. Since 11-03, there have been 3 to 6 new issues a day, so people are clearly using it, not just starring it.

### 2. Where users come from: the author's own Bilibili account (confirmed)

Searching the Bilibili video API for the keyword "BiliDesk" (2026-11-06) returns only the author's own account **_ABing_** (mid 697238372). That account has only **599 followers and 7 videos** (from Bilibili's card / relation endpoints):

| Date | BV | Title | Views | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | BV1wzeh62Edu | BiliDesk · Minimalist Bilibili desktop client (1 min 10 sec) | 14,401 | 846 |
| 2026-09-26 | BV1GHhd6sEAj | BiliDesk v1.0.0 — clean, small, open-source third-party Bilibili | 22,596 | 1,204 |
| 2026-10-05 | BV1LNHx6HE46 | Clean is the base; transparent is the new look this time | 16,175 | 697 |
| **2026-11-02 10:19** | **BV18V4w6xEhW** | **Lightweight rebuild, smoother evolution (26 seconds)** | **65,540** | **4,908** |

- The four videos total about 119k views. The 11-02 video's views are 100 times its follower count, with a favorite rate of about 7.5%, which means Bilibili pushed it to many non-followers. It didn't spread through the follower base.

- **The video came before the repo** : the first video went up on 09-19, and the GitHub repo was only created on 10-01. GitHub is just the download page and feedback channel; acquisition happens on Bilibili. Promoting a "better Bilibili client" on Bilibili is a natural fit: the viewers are already heavy Bilibili users, so they can download it right after watching.

- The timeline lines up: 11-02 video posted → 11-02 to 11-03 3,200 downloads → 11-03 stars +18, 6 new issues → 11-04 stars +186. Stars trail downloads by about a day. Two possible reasons: Bilibili's recommendations ramp up gradually, and users try it first and star it on GitHub later if they like it. This is unverified: the GitHub stargazers endpoint returns 404 in this environment, so I can't get hourly star timestamps.

- Other channels:
    - **X** : x-radar found no "BiliDesk" content in the past 30 days.
    - **Media and big accounts** : Exa, Brave, and Jina found no one who has written about it.
    - **Aggregator sites** : git.hiwiki.org ("GitHub open source software store", ranked in the Bilibili client list) and kaiyuanbang.cn picked it up automatically. This is passive traffic.
    - **linux.do** : on 11-05 someone asked "what good third-party Bilibili clients are there for Windows?" The replies recommended BiliSail; I didn't see anyone recommend BiliDesk (feedbbs reposting page).

### 3. Competitors

| Product | Where | Launched | Scale | How BiliDesk differs from the rest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilibili's official PC client / web version | big tech | Years | full range | The official one has ads, pushes premium memberships, and is bloated; BiliDesk focuses on a clean UI, 1080P without login, SponsorBlock, and audio-only playback mode |
| Richasy/Bili.Copilot | Open-source Windows (WinAppSDK) | 2023-07 | 5,218 stars, +1 in the past week; last release 2025-11-26 | It was the original leader among native Windows clients, but it hasn't released in nearly a year. BiliDesk is iterating daily in the same niche. |
| CKopoer/BiliSail (哔帆) | Open-source Flutter, Win / Mac / Android / iOS | 2026-10-06 | 498 stars, +7 in the past 278 days; the author's Bilibili promo video has 21k views | **The most direct competitor in the same period** , using the same playbook (the author self-promoting on Bilibili and linux.do). It's cross-platform, while BiliDesk is Windows-only but more native. Someone on linux.do complained that BiliSail's multi-window interaction is counterintuitive. |
| bggRGjQaUbCoE/PiliPlus (and forks like PiliNara) | Open-source Flutter, mainly mobile, with a desktop version too | 2024-08 | 20,337 stars, +350 in the last 7 days | Started on mobile; BiliDesk is designed specifically for desktop keyboard and mouse |
| xiaye13579/BBLL | Open-source Android TV | 2022-12 | 17,518 stars | Targets TVs, a different use case |
| bbhouse-qt | Open-source Qt / mpv | Since 2022 (the sequel 2026-09 was published on V2EX) | Small to mid | Uses the activity feed as the home page, focused on "following only"; BiliDesk has more features |
| wzk112/Bilibili-NEXT, Mora-han/BilibiliClient, etc. | Open-source macOS (SwiftUI) | 2026-08 to October | Dozens to 96 stars | Mac only |
| Bilibili-Evolved | Browser scripts | 2018 | 31,021 stars | Enhances the website in the browser; not a standalone client |
| Older UWP family (BiliBili-UWP, biliuwp-lite) | Open-source UWP | 2020 | 1,000+ stars | No longer maintained |

This niche is crowded: there are so many third-party clients that someone built a directory repo, oldsento/bilibili-client-software-collection (216 stars). Over 2026 years, from 8 to October, a wave of new projects appeared, many tagged "AI-developed".

### 4. Why it took off

1. **Near-zero acquisition cost; the channel is the platform the product lives on** : the author is a creator on Bilibili, promoting a Bilibili client to Bilibili users. 1 clips of 26 seconds brought 65k views and multiple 3,000 downloads (see the table above and the releases data).

2. **The niche is open** : Bili.Copilot, the native Windows direction project, hasn't released since 2025-11 and gained only 1 stars in a week. The old UWP clients have long been abandoned. The official client keeps drawing complaints about ads and membership upsells (linux.do thread "why does the Bilibili web player keep popping up premium membership ads", 2026-10). People who want a native desktop client have nothing good to use.

3. **Iteration speed is itself the selling point** : 36 days, 21 versions. Each release note reads like product copy; v1.5.0 explained in detail how the audio distortion was fixed, and v1.6.0 covered blocking uploaders and blocking titles. The Bilibili video titles also work as release slogans ("Lightweight rebuild, smoother evolution"). User issues quickly turn into features in the next version.

4. **Features hit the pain points of heavy users** : 1080P without login, up to 4K / HEVC, SponsorBlock to skip sponsor segments, listening to videos (like podcasts), hold left click for speed-up, blocking uploaders, tray resident, Mica material. The official client lacks these or does them poorly.

### 5. Differentiation

- Compared with cross-platform Flutter projects like BiliSail and PiliPlus, BiliDesk is **Windows-only and fully native** (WPF + Mica / Acrylic materials + LibVLC). It's small and has a portable build.

- Compared with Bili.Copilot, the technical approach is similar. The difference is that **it's still being updated** .

- Compared with the official client: **clean** , with SponsorBlock and high-quality playback without login.

- These differentiators are a **necessary condition** for its breakout, but not the direct cause. 11-04's surge came directly from Bilibili recommending that video. The differentiators make viewers willing to download, stick around, and open issues. BiliSail, using the same playbook in the same period, also reached nearly 500 stars, so the approach is replicable and BiliDesk doesn't own it.

### 6. Visibility and copycats

- **Visibility: spreading in small circles.** It spreads only through the author's own Bilibili videos, plus automatic pickup by aggregators like hiwiki. No one has written about it on X or in the media. It's a non-commercial GPL project with no public revenue.

- **Copycats** :
    - shiaho777's repo was originally named BiliDesk (the Brave search result title still reads "shiaho777/BiliDesk · Bilibili third-party client · Compose Multiplatform"). Created on 2026-10-17, it's now renamed ailiaili, with 3 stars.
    - greyzhang491/BiliDesk-Android was created on 2026-11-05, also GPL-3.0, borrowing the same name, with 1 stars.
    - A few other repos share the same or a similar name, but they're older or unrelated: sakuradairong/bilidesk (2026-08), ibka512/BiliDesk (macOS widget, 2026-09-18), codemagicianHYQ/bili-desk (2026-06).

### 7. Takeaways

- **"Make content on the platform you serve, and promote third-party tools to its users"** . This fits platforms with heavy users where the official client annoys people: Bilibili, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Steam. A small follower count doesn't matter, since short-video recommendations push content to non-followers.

- Keep the video short (26 seconds) and make the title read like a release announcement. Every major version gets a video, creating a loop of "release → video → downloads → issues → next version".

- Find the gap left by an abandoned leader (here, Bili.Copilot) and catch its users in the same niche with a high release cadence.

- Risks: Bilibili can change its API or add anti-bot controls at any time (v1.5.0 specifically added a "bypass search risk control without login" fix), and it could throttle promotional videos for third-party clients. Projects like this have no revenue model.

### 8. Uncertain

- Whether 11-04's single-day +186 stars had a second source off-platform, such as WeChat Official Accounts, Telegram channels, or QQ groups. I can't find any, and I can't get the stargazer timestamps.

- B station video details and comment APIs were blocked by anti-scraping controls (-352 / 412), so likes, coins and comment content are unavailable; the favorites count comes from the search API.

- Real active users are unknown; we can only estimate the order of magnitude from 9,000 release downloads, which include duplicate downloads from existing users upgrading.

### Sources

- GitHub API: repos/ABING1111/BiliDesk, /releases, /issues, /contributors; competitor repo metadata (2026-11-06)

- Our GitHub database repo_profile / repo_day (BiliDesk, BiliSail, PiliPlus, Bili.Copilot, BBLL, Bilibili-NEXT)

- Bilibili search API (api.bilibili.com/x/web-interface/search/type, keyword=BiliDesk, 2026-11-06); UP profile x/web-interface/card?mid=697238372; video page [www.bilibili.com/video/BV18V4w6xEhW/](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18V4w6xEhW/)

- [github.com/ABING1111/BiliDesk](https://github.com/ABING1111/BiliDesk)(README)

- [feedbbs.com/linuxdo/190808](https://feedbbs.com/linuxdo/190808) (reposted from linux.do, 2026-11-05); [linux.do/t/topic/2981845](https://linux.do/t/topic/2981845)

- [git.hiwiki.org/zh-CN/rank/bili-client](https://git.hiwiki.org/zh-CN/rank/bili-client) ;[kaiyuanbang.cn/zh-cn/repo/abing1111-bilidesk.html](https://kaiyuanbang.cn/zh-cn/repo/abing1111-bilidesk.html)

- [www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nQxB6GEpd/](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nQxB6GEpd/) (promo video by the BiliSail author)

- x-radar search for "BiliDesk", 30 days, 0 results

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