# kieraneglin/pinchflat

Your next YouTube media manager

Repository: https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pinchflat
Language: Elixir
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: media, youtube, youtube-dl, yt-dlp
Last push: 2025-12-16T18:53:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 49, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 957, "days_push": 260, "days_rel": 341, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5283, forks 163 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:14.173108+00:00)

## What it is
Pinchflat is a self-hosted web application for downloading and archiving YouTube content, built on top of yt-dlp. Users define rules for channels and playlists, and it periodically checks for and downloads new media, formatted for use with media center apps like Plex, Jellyfin, and Kodi.

## Use cases
- automatically download new videos from youtube channels
- archive youtube playlists for offline viewing
- download youtube videos for plex or jellyfin
- self-hosted youtube media manager
- keep a local mirror of favorite youtube channels
- schedule periodic youtube channel downloads

## When to choose
- you want automated, rule-based downloading of youtube channels or playlists
- you want files organized for plex, jellyfin, or kodi
- you prefer a lightweight self-hosted docker app with a web ui

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured gui downloader for many other sites beyond youtube
- you only need occasional one-off video downloads without setup
- you cannot run docker or a self-hosted server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, workflow-automation, file-system, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: yt-dlp, youtube-downloader, media-server, plex, jellyfin, elixir, phoenix, automation, docker, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- kieraneglin/pinchflat (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.173108+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 2026-08-29T17:59:16.607702+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.173108+00:00, sha 223ea2aaa059)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.