# kkdai/youtube

Download Youtube Video in Golang

Repository: https://github.com/kkdai/youtube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kkdai-youtube
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: youtube, go
Last push: 2026-06-02T17:30:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 51, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3914, "days_push": 92, "days_rel": 165, "gap_med": 97.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3926, forks 496 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:29.886586+00:00)

## What it is
A Go package and CLI tool (youtubedr) for downloading YouTube videos, usable both as a command-line binary and as an importable Go library. It supports listing available streams and downloading videos by URL or video ID.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos from the command line
- save a youtube video as mp4
- embed youtube downloading in a go program
- list available video quality streams for a youtube url
- download only audio from a youtube video

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight youtube downloader written in Go
- you need a Go library to programmatically download YouTube videos
- you want a simple CLI alternative to youtube-dl for direct downloads

## When to avoid
- you need playlist or channel batch downloading with many advanced options
- you need a GUI downloader
- you require guaranteed support for bypassing YouTube restrictions or DRM

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, video-processing, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: youtube-downloader, video-download, youtubedr, golang-library, command-line, video, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- kkdai/youtube (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.886586+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:43.531173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kkdai/youtube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.886586+00:00, sha d13b9ed093b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.