Owez/yark
OSINT for YouTube made simple. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1478
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2184 stars · 71 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Yark is a Python CLI tool for archiving YouTube channels, downloading videos and accumulating metadata over time with change reports. It includes an offline web viewer with timelines, graphs, and timestamped notes for archived videos.
Use cases
- archive an entire youtube channel locally
- track metadata changes on youtube videos over time
- keep deleted youtube videos after they're removed
- watch archived youtube videos offline
- osint research on youtube channels
- monitor youtube channel uploads with cron
When to choose
- you need scheduled archiving built in (use cron instead)
- you need live streaming capture or comments scraping
- you want a GUI-only workflow
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
web-scraping developer-tools cli data-science osint crawlers media self-hosted python cli cross-platform youtube archiving youtube-dl metadata-tracking offline-viewer
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Owez/yark · fetched 2026-08-28 · cbe345e4d226
- homepage: https://pypi.org/project/yark/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4b4e8fead74a
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/yark/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0fc7b99dbea5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Owez/yark | main | 66 |
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