# Siriusmart/youtube-tui

An aesthetically pleasing YouTube TUI written in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/Siriusmart/youtube-tui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/youtube-tui
Homepage: https://tui.siri.ws/youtube
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cli, rust, rust-lang, terminal-based, terminal-user-interface, tui, youtube-dl, terminal, youtube
Last push: 2026-05-29T20:44:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1588, "days_push": 96, "days_rel": 169, "gap_med": 60.0, "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 1142, forks 46 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.668462+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight, configurable terminal user interface (TUI) for browsing YouTube, written in Rust. It acts as a frontend launcher for external programs like mpv and yt-dlp, with YAML-based customization of layouts, colors, and keybindings.

## Use cases
- browse youtube from the terminal
- watch youtube videos in mpv without a browser
- search youtube with filters in a tui
- manage youtube subscriptions and watch history in terminal
- listen to youtube audio in the terminal
- keyboard-driven youtube client

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, keyboard-driven way to browse YouTube without a browser
- you already use mpv and yt-dlp and want a unified TUI frontend
- you value deep customization of layouts, colors, and keybindings via YAML config
- you prefer minimal, dependency-light terminal applications

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured graphical YouTube client with thumbnails and comments
- you want a tool that works entirely standalone without external programs like mpv or yt-dlp
- you need support for platforms other than Linux or Windows
- you require guaranteed long-term stability, as the project has noted a planned rewrite

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: cli, search-engine, video-processing, chat-interface
- domain: media, developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: tui, youtube, terminal-ui, mpv, yt-dlp, frontend, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Siriusmart/youtube-tui (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.668462+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 2026-08-30T06:35:01.683093+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Siriusmart/youtube-tui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.668462+00:00, sha 6a85c6452a55)
  - homepage: https://tui.siri.ws/youtube (fetched 2026-08-29T12:40:11.532104+00:00, sha 341e74bac845)
  - site_page: https://tui.siri.ws/youtube/installation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:40:11.534727+00:00, sha 285309a5036d)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/youtube-tui (fetched 2026-08-29T12:40:11.536545+00:00, sha 1bc00124caad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.