# marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui

A terrible web ui and RPC server for yt-dlp. Designed to be self-hosted.

Repository: https://github.com/marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yt-dlp-web-ui
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: youtube-dl, yt-dlp, webui, yt-dlp-wrapper, self-hosted, download-manager, raspberrypi, golang, rpc-server, yt-dlp-rpc
Last push: 2026-08-21T10:13:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1749, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 65, "gap_med": 53, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2561, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.930558+00:00)

## What it is
A self-hosted web UI and RPC server wrapping yt-dlp, written in Go, for downloading videos from a server or NAS and monitoring upcoming livestreams. It is lightweight, extensible, and ships as a Docker image with features like download queues, format selection, and JWT-based authentication.

## Use cases
- download youtube videos from my home server
- self-hosted yt-dlp web interface
- monitor upcoming livestreams and record them
- queue video downloads with limited concurrency
- extract audio from videos on my nas
- remote video download server with rpc api
- run yt-dlp on a raspberry pi with a web ui

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, self-hosted frontend for yt-dlp on a server, NAS, or Raspberry Pi
- you need a download queue with concurrency limits and format/audio extraction options
- you want an RPC API to trigger downloads programmatically with optional JWT auth
- you prefer Docker deployment with minimal resource usage

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured media manager with metadata editing or library organization
- you want a desktop GUI application rather than a web interface
- you need to download from services yt-dlp itself does not support
- you require a polished, actively designed frontend - the UI is intentionally minimal

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, rpc, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, media, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: yt-dlp, download-manager, video-downloader, youtube, golang, rpc-server, livestream-monitoring, automation, docker, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.930558+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 2026-08-30T02:23:30.403253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marcopiovanello/yt-dlp-web-ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.930558+00:00, sha 21ae26a62878)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.