diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/project/Description.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/project/Description.vue
index 825b35d70a5..e76078058ba 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/project/Description.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/project/Description.vue
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 <template>
 	<Card>
-		<ProjectPageDescription :description="project.body" />
+		<div class="markdown-body" v-html="descriptionHtml" />
 	</Card>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { Card, ProjectPageDescription } from '@modrinth/ui'
+import { Card } from '@modrinth/ui'
+import { renderHighlightedString } from '@modrinth/utils'
+import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api/core'
+import { computedAsync } from '@vueuse/core'
 
-defineProps({
+const props = defineProps({
 	project: {
 		type: Object,
 		default: () => {},
 	},
 })
+
+const youtubeFrame =
+	/(<iframe\b[^>]*\bsrc=")https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com\/embed\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})(?=[?#"])/g
+const descriptionHtml = computedAsync(async () => {
+	const html = renderHighlightedString(props.project?.body ?? '')
+	if (!html.match(youtubeFrame)) return html
+	try {
+		const origin = await invoke('youtube_embed_origin')
+		return html.replace(youtubeFrame, `$1${origin}/$2`)
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error('Failed to initialize YouTube embeds', error)
+		return html
+	}
+}, '')
 </script>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/apps/app/Info.plist b/apps/app/Info.plist
index c9e5001fb48..f085bf81514 100644
--- a/apps/app/Info.plist
+++ b/apps/app/Info.plist
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 		<dict>
 			<key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
 			<dict>
+				<key>127.0.0.1</key>
+				<dict>
+					<key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
+					<true />
+				</dict>
 				<key>asset.localhost</key>
 				<dict>
 					<key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
diff --git a/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs b/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
index 90b0f623c1a..d654adc4a1f 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub mod cache;
 pub mod files;
 pub mod friends;
 pub mod worlds;
+pub mod youtube;
 
 mod oauth_utils;
 
diff --git a/apps/app/src/api/youtube.rs b/apps/app/src/api/youtube.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6051ad4172a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/src/api/youtube.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use hyper::{Method, Request, Response, StatusCode, body::Incoming};
+use hyper_util::rt::TokioIo;
+use tokio::{net::TcpListener, sync::OnceCell};
+use url::Url;
+
+static EMBED_ORIGIN: OnceCell<String> = OnceCell::const_new();
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn youtube_embed_origin() -> super::Result<String> {
+	let origin = EMBED_ORIGIN
+		.get_or_try_init(|| async {
+			let listener = TcpListener::bind(("127.0.0.1", 0)).await?;
+			let origin = format!("http://{}", listener.local_addr()?);
+			tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+				loop {
+					let socket = match listener.accept().await {
+						Ok((socket, _)) => socket,
+						Err(error) => {
+							tracing::warn!(
+								"Failed to accept YouTube embed connection: {error}"
+							);
+							tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+							continue;
+						}
+					};
+					tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+						let connection =
+							hyper::server::conn::http1::Builder::new()
+								.keep_alive(false)
+								.serve_connection(
+									TokioIo::new(socket),
+									hyper::service::service_fn(embed_response),
+								);
+						let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
+							Duration::from_secs(5),
+							connection,
+						)
+						.await;
+					});
+				}
+			});
+			Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(origin)
+		})
+		.await?;
+	Ok(origin.clone())
+}
+
+async fn embed_response(
+	request: Request<Incoming>,
+) -> Result<Response<String>, hyper::http::Error> {
+	let uri = request.uri();
+	let id = uri.path().strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or_default();
+	if request.method() != Method::GET
+		|| id.len() != 11
+		|| !id.bytes().all(|byte| {
+			byte.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || byte == b'_' || byte == b'-'
+		}) {
+		return Response::builder()
+			.status(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST)
+			.body(String::new());
+	}
+
+	let mut url =
+		Url::parse(&format!("https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/{id}"))
+			.unwrap();
+	for (key, value) in
+		url::form_urlencoded::parse(uri.query().unwrap_or_default().as_bytes())
+	{
+		if matches!(key.as_ref(), "start" | "end")
+			&& !value.is_empty()
+			&& value.bytes().all(|byte| byte.is_ascii_digit())
+		{
+			url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair(&key, &value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	Response::builder()
+		.header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+		.header("Referrer-Policy", "strict-origin-when-cross-origin")
+		.header("Content-Security-Policy", "default-src 'none'")
+		.body(format!(
+			"<!doctype html><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url={}\">",
+			url.as_str().replace('&', "&amp;")
+		))
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/src/main.rs b/apps/app/src/main.rs
index 4f37cc8b5d6..91a9290995a 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/app/src/main.rs
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ fn main() {
             toggle_decorations,
             show_window,
             restart_app,
+            api::youtube::youtube_embed_origin,
         ]);
 
     tracing::info!("Initializing app...");
diff --git a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
index 2b5ad39731f..44ac6f9e02d 100644
--- a/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/apps/app/tauri.conf.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 				"img-src": "https: 'unsafe-inline' 'self' asset: http://asset.localhost http://textures.minecraft.net blob: data:",
 				"style-src": "'unsafe-inline' 'self'",
 				"script-src": "https://js.stripe.com https://widget.intercom.io https://js.intercomcdn.com https://tally.so/widgets/embed.js 'self'",
-				"frame-src": "https://www.youtube.com https://www.youtube-nocookie.com https://discord.com https://tally.so/popup/ https://js.stripe.com https://hooks.stripe.com https://*.intercom.io https://intercom-sheets.com https://www.intercom-reporting.com https://app.intercom.com 'self'",
+				"frame-src": "http://127.0.0.1:* https://www.youtube.com https://www.youtube-nocookie.com https://discord.com https://tally.so/popup/ https://js.stripe.com https://hooks.stripe.com https://*.intercom.io https://intercom-sheets.com https://www.intercom-reporting.com https://app.intercom.com 'self'",
 				"media-src": "https://*.githubusercontent.com"
 			}
 		}