# axcore/tartube

A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3

Repository: https://github.com/axcore/tartube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tartube
Language: Python
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-13T09:31:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 61, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2655, "days_push": 51, "days_rel": 101, "gap_med": 91.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3092, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:42.346553+00:00)

## What it is
Tartube is a free, open-source GUI front-end for youtube-dl, yt-dlp and other compatible video downloaders, written in Python 3 / Gtk 3. It lets users download, organise, and archive videos from YouTube, Twitch, Odysee and hundreds of other sites across Windows, Linux, BSD and macOS.

## Use cases
- download videos from youtube channels
- archive videos before they get removed
- organise downloaded videos into folders
- download only the audio from a video
- get alerts when livestreams start
- bulk download videos from twitch or odysee
- gui for yt-dlp

## When to choose
- you want a graphical interface instead of command-line youtube-dl/yt-dlp
- you need to manage and archive many channels' videos over time
- you want cross-platform desktop support (Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD)
- you want audio-only extraction or duplicate handling across sites

## When to avoid
- you need a headless or scripted download solution without a GUI
- you only need a one-off video download and prefer a lightweight CLI
- you need a web-based or mobile downloader

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, web-scraping, video-processing
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, bsd, python
- tags: youtube-dl, yt-dlp, video-downloader, gtk3, media-archival, download, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- axcore/tartube (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.346553+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 2026-08-30T07:27:20.271378+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/axcore/tartube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.346553+00:00, sha 90547f7550c0)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/tartube/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:34.624312+00:00, sha 06eeef1edacf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.