egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader
Simple script for downloading Youtube comments without using the Youtube API observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
88/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 71
- 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: 167.0
- age_days: 4020
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1247 stars · 260 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Python script and library for downloading YouTube video comments without using the official YouTube API. It outputs comments in JSONL, JSON, CSV, or semicolon-separated CSV and can be used from the command line or imported as a library.
Use cases
- download youtube comments without api
- scrape youtube video comments to csv
- get most popular comments for a youtube video
- export youtube comments as jsonl
- collect youtube comments for sentiment analysis
When to choose
- you need YouTube comments without API quota or an API key
- you want a lightweight pip-installable CLI or Python library
- you need multiple output formats like JSONL or CSV
When to avoid
- you need authenticated replies, full threading, or API-guaranteed stability
- you need a GUI or bulk channel-wide scraping
- you require a solution resilient to YouTube layout changes with vendor support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
web-scraping cli data-science json csv crawlers social-media data-science developer-tools python cli cross-platform youtube comments scraper no-api jsonl
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader · fetched 2026-08-28 · a42dd504e850
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/youtube-comment-downloader/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 61868d446bdd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| egbertbouman/youtube-comment-downloader | main | 88 |
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