# Kethsar/ytarchive

Garbage Youtube livestream downloader

Repository: https://github.com/Kethsar/ytarchive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ytarchive
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-12-19T15:49:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 58, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2025, "days_push": 257, "days_rel": 712, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1693, forks 129 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:23.370942+00:00)

## What it is
ytarchive is a Go-based command-line tool for downloading and archiving YouTube livestreams from the start, including waiting for scheduled streams to begin. It requires FFmpeg for muxing and a PO token for authentication, and is intended for livestreams rather than VODs.

## Use cases
- archive a youtube livestream that is already in progress
- wait for a scheduled youtube stream and record it automatically
- download a livestream in a specific quality like 1080p60
- record only the audio of a livestream
- capture a livestream for a fixed duration then finalize the file
- download members-only streams using cookies

## When to choose
- you need to capture a YouTube livestream as it happens, from the beginning
- you want a resumable, quality-selectable livestream downloader with metadata support
- you are comfortable supplying a PO token and installing FFmpeg

## When to avoid
- you want to download an already-finished VOD - use yt-dlp instead
- you need a GUI or one-click downloading
- you require support for platforms other than Linux or Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, cli
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: youtube, livestream, archiving, downloader, ffmpeg, go, download, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Kethsar/ytarchive (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:23.370942+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 2026-08-30T03:38:10.485588+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kethsar/ytarchive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:23.370942+00:00, sha 2e7d986ee1ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.