rasguanabana/ytfs
YouTube File System observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 4077
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2198
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1117 stars · 42 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
YTFS is a FUSE-based virtual filesystem that lets you search YouTube and play videos as regular files with any media player. You mount it, create directories named after search queries, and the results appear as playable video files.
Use cases
- play youtube videos as files with mplayer or vlc
- search youtube from the command line via directories
- download youtube videos by copying files
- browse youtube search results in a file manager
- narrow youtube searches by channel or date
When to choose
- you want to treat youtube videos as ordinary files
- you prefer using your own media player and shell tools
- you are on linux, macOS, or FreeBSD with FUSE available
When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the latest release is from 2020 and depends on youtube-dl
- you are on windows without FUSE support
- you want a GUI youtube client
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
file-system search-engine video-processing cli media developer-tools bsd python cli fuse youtube virtual-filesystem streaming youtube-dl search command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rasguanabana/ytfs · fetched 2026-08-28 · df5a4a9a49c0
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ytfs/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4482e0e7ce93
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rasguanabana/ytfs | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rasguanabana/ytfs")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem