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MeTube

MeTube is a self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp that lets you download videos, audio, and subtitles from YouTube and hundreds of other sites.

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MeTube is a self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp that lets you download videos, audio, and subtitles from YouTube and hundreds of other sites. It queues downloads, tracks progress, handles whole playlists and channels, and can subscribe to channels so new uploads are grabbed automatically. It gives homelab users an always-on, no-CLI alternative to running yt-dlp by hand, with per-download quality, format, and folder control plus dark or light themes.

Platform availability

Available on 4 of 6 install platforms

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

81/100 Excellent

Maintained
100last commit 8 days ago
Popular
8314,931 GitHub stars
Easy to install
403 install platforms, Docker image
Light to run
801 GB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 8 days ago

GitHub stars
14,931
Open issues
11
Last commit
2026-09-29
Latest release
2026.09.29
License
AGPL-3.0
Activity
steady

Checked yesterday - source: GitHub (alexta69/metube)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 1 GB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 15 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 9 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Installing MeTube MeTube runs as a Docker container (Compose) or through the Unraid, Umbrel, TrueNAS, or Proxmox community templates. After first startup, use the web interface to set output folders, default quality, and yt-dlp options, and to create channel or playlist subscriptions; the repository's wiki contains step-by-step guides and a troubleshooting FAQ. source

Fetched today - each note links to its source

Alternatives (11)

  • Addoncrop YouTube Video Downloader - Easily download videos from YouTube in up to 8K resolution, convert to MP3, download subtitles, and more.
  • Cobalt Tools - Ad-free and privacy-focused downloader for videos, music, and media from major social and media platforms, supporting direct sharing link d…
  • FetchIt - Android app supports downloading media from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, Twitch, Snapchat, Vimeo and more using w…
  • Parabolic - Get video and audio from the web.
  • Stacher - A modern GUI for yt-dlp (and other youtube-dl forks).
  • Tartube - Tartube is a graphical front-end for yt-dlp, youtube-dl and other compatible video downloaders.
  • YTDLnis - YTDLnis is a free and open source video/audio downloader using yt-dlp for Android 6.0 and above.
  • Youtube Video and Audio Downloader - Youtube Video and Audio Downloader is an open-source project, downloading Youtube videos (using Firefox download manager) in all available…
  • Youtube-DLG - Cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl, enabling video downloads from YouTube and over 1000 sites; features multi-language UI and video cutting.
  • youtube-dl - Download videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites using a platform-independent command-line tool, requiring Python.
  • yt-dlp - Command line program that's a youtube-dl fork that downloads videos from YouTube and over 1000 sites.

Checked 6 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How do I install binhex-official-metube on Unraid?

Install it from your Unraid server with Community Apps.

How can I make MeTube use cookies when retrieving videos?

Mount a cookies.txt file and set the environment variable so MeTube can use it.

What should I do if a MeTube download fails?

Reproduce the failure with yt-dlp inside the container, then put the working yt-dlp options in YTDL_OPTIONS.

Answers sourced from ca.unraid.net, forums.unraid.net, github.com

Community

Collected 2 days ago - public community threads