Your own Netflix for the films, TV and music you already have, on every screen.
Tube Archivist
Subscribe to YouTube channels, download them, and search your own archive.
Hobbies
GPL-3.0-only
Reviewed version 1cf5518
Screenshots coming soon
Open the project on GitHub to see it.
What it does
Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server. You subscribe to channels and playlists, it downloads the videos and metadata with yt-dlp, and gives you a searchable library with a player, subtitles, comments and watch progress. It keeps videos watchable even if they disappear online.
- Subscribe and download automatically
- Search by title, subtitles and comments
- Built-in player with progress tracking
- Integrates with Jellyfin and Plex
Great for: People who want a permanent, searchable copy of the channels and lectures they care about.
- LicenceGPL-3.0-only
- Where it runsYour computer (free)
- Built withpython, typescript
- Your dataStays in your own copy
- Sourcetubearchivist/tubearchivist
Ways to use it
Your AI helps you choose, based on what you need, and sets it up with you in plain words.
- On my own computerFreeYour AI installs what it needs and explains each step. It works while your computer is on.
How people are using this project
Examples of what people ask their AI to do with Tube Archivist. Start from one, or just tell your AI and it will ask what you'd like.
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“Subscribe to a few approved channels and download only the latest 20 videos.”
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“Keep a playlist of university lectures so I never lose them.”
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“Send me a list of new videos each Sunday.”
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“Delete watched videos older than 60 days.”
Start with this idea
Can I trust it?
- GPL-3.0-only. Free to use and change. If you share your changed version with other people (give them the code or app), you must share your source code under the same licence. Using it privately for yourself or your household has no extra obligations.
- Your data: stores personal data, on your own device or server. Video files in a media folder plus the Elasticsearch index and a cache folder.
- Other services: Elasticsearch and Redis (included) (required, free)
- Reviewed version. Your AI always gets exactly the version we've checked.
- Downloading may breach YouTube's terms and creators' rights. Use it for content you are allowed to keep.
- Don't expose it to the internet without a login and HTTPS.
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