# przemyslawpluta/node-youtube-dl

youtube-dl driver for node

Repository: https://github.com/przemyslawpluta/node-youtube-dl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-youtube-dl
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: node, youtube, youtube-downloader, video-downloader
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-04-06T18:54:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5511, "days_push": 1975, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1685, forks 356 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:22.071920+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js wrapper library around the youtube-dl command-line tool for downloading videos from YouTube and other sites. It exposes youtube-dl as a stream-based API with support for format selection and resuming partial downloads.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos from node.js
- resume partially downloaded videos
- pipe video downloads to a file stream
- pass custom youtube-dl flags programmatically

## When to avoid
- starting a new project (the repo is deprecated in favor of youtube-dl-exec)
- you only need YouTube downloads (consider ytdl-core instead)
- you need actively maintained youtube-dl support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, http-client
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: youtube-dl, video-downloader, wrapper, deprecated, video, nodejs

## Member repositories
- przemyslawpluta/node-youtube-dl (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.071920+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 2026-08-30T03:39:17.325553+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/przemyslawpluta/node-youtube-dl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.071920+00:00, sha 3cd9ddfc0a2d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.