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tubearchivist/tubearchivist

Your self hosted YouTube media server observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist · homepage · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 87
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 41
  • age_days: 1823
  • days_rel: 8
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 16

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

8395 stars · 424 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server that downloads videos via yt-dlp, indexes them with metadata in Elasticsearch, and serves them through a web interface for searching and playback. It supports channel subscriptions, playlists, watched-state tracking, and integrations with Jellyfin, Plex, and a browser extension.

Use cases

  • archive youtube channels for offline viewing
  • self-host a personal youtube media server
  • download and index youtube videos with metadata
  • search my archived video collection
  • automatically download new videos from subscribed channels
  • play downloaded youtube videos in a web interface
  • integrate youtube archive with jellyfin or plex

When to choose

  • you want a searchable, self-hosted archive of YouTube videos with a web UI
  • you subscribe to channels and want new videos downloaded automatically
  • you need offline playback with watched-state tracking and metadata
  • you want to expose your archive to Jellyfin or Plex

When to avoid

  • you only need a one-off video download without indexing or a server
  • you cannot run Docker with several GB of memory including Elasticsearch
  • you want a lightweight desktop downloader rather than a full media server stack

Facets

application · maturity active

search-engine web-scraping video-processing self-hosted http-server media self-hosted self-hosted python youtube yt-dlp media-server elasticsearch video-archive offline-viewing media-downloader search automation docker web-server

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tubearchivist/tubearchivistmain95

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="tubearchivist/tubearchivist")

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