Prefetch while you watch
After the player's first request it warms up the segments ahead. When local data covers a request it goes straight to the player; otherwise the original request goes through, so playback never breaks.
Chrome extension · Free and open source
Kindred Afar far, yet near
Keeps Bilibili videos close to you. Smooth playback from anywhere in the world, and it keeps playing when the network drops.
Your videos live afar
Most of Bilibili's video servers are in mainland China. From abroad, every chunk of data crosses an ocean and back; the player only buffers a few seconds ahead, so the slightest hiccup means spinning.
Your timeBilibili time
Plain playback
With Kindred Afar
Kindred Afar fetches the segments ahead onto your device before the player even asks. The orange stretch on the progress bar is what's already close at hand.
Keep them close
From the moment you press play, Kindred Afar quietly fills the bottle in the background.
One-click full cache
Downloads the best quality your account actually gets and joins video and audio into one MP4 on your device, without re-encoding. Or keep just the audio in its original quality (Hi-Res lossless / Dolby Atmos / AAC).
Keeps going after you close the tab
Downloads run on their own in the background. Network drops, expired addresses or rate limits are refreshed and resumed from where they stopped; pause and resume anytime without reopening the video.
As near as next door
On the right is the extension's real popup (with demo data). Go ahead and click: switch between "This video" and "Library", or open the settings in the top right.
- Play anything in your library offline; resume paused downloads anytime
- Reopen the original video and it plays from local data, with the native controls, speed and danmaku as usual
- Need to take it with you? Save it as a local MP4 or audio file in one click
Kindred spirits, even afar
The name comes from a Tang dynasty poem: with a kindred spirit somewhere in the world, even the ends of the earth feel next door. Bilibili is where that community lives: the same memes, the same danmaku, the same shared references. Far from home, the people who get you are still here. Kindred Afar just makes the distance stop spinning.
Only you know
Kindred Afar has no server. Everything it remembers stays in your own browser.
No server
Nothing is collected or uploaded. No analytics, no tracking, no ads.
Sign-in: only "whether"
It only checks whether you're signed in, to show which qualities are available. Cookie values are never read.
Data stays local
Caches and settings live in your Chrome profile. Delete the cache or uninstall to remove them.
Open source
Every line of code is on GitHub, and release packages can be checked against the source.
Read the full privacy policy (the English version is at the end). This site likewise uses no cookies, analytics or third-party resources. The only network request is the anonymous "Throw a bottle" counter, which talks to the author's own server and does not log IP addresses.
What it does, and doesn't
- Supports standard BV / av videos, multi-part videos and Watch Later pages with a bvid; bangumi, interactive videos and courses aren't supported yet.
- Never bypasses Premium, paid, regional or licensing restrictions; it only uses the viewing and quality rights your account already has.
- Requires Chrome 116 or later. Only cache content you're allowed to watch, and follow the platform's terms and copyright rules.
Tip the author some fries
Kindred Afar is free and open source, and will never show ads. If it saved you a few spinning wheels, feel free to tip a little.
- Ice cream¥5
- Most popularFries¥10
- Coffee¥20
- Your callAny
Prices are in Chinese yuan and only a suggestion; you enter the amount in Alipay yourself. Alipay is the only option for now. Tipping is entirely voluntary, unlocks nothing, and collects none of your information.
