# tubearchivist/tubearchivist

Your self hosted YouTube media server

Repository: https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tubearchivist
Homepage: https://www.tubearchivist.com
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: youtube, youtube-dl, archive, elasticsearch, media-server, download-manager, download-videos
Last push: 2026-08-25T13:12:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1823, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 41, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8395, forks 424 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:20.888118+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, web-scraping, video-processing, self-hosted, http-server
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, python
- tags: youtube, yt-dlp, media-server, elasticsearch, video-archive, offline-viewing, media-downloader, search, automation, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- tubearchivist/tubearchivist (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.888118+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 2026-08-29T17:27:19.379917+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.888118+00:00, sha 1afb7489a08e)
  - homepage: https://www.tubearchivist.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:17.718366+00:00, sha 6a961a3b6fc9)
  - site_page: https://docs.tubearchivist.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:17.721189+00:00, sha 772e65ba6bb3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.