Elengrab
★ 6GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintDocker · BinaryNo external DB
About
Elengrab is a self-hosted web application for downloading, organizing, and watching video and audio from a very large number of supported platforms. It is intended for users who want a fast,...
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Features
- Downloading video and audio from 1,000+ websites
- Configurable format and quality settings
- Cookie-based authentication support
- Task queue
- Concurrent processing
- Built-in media search
- In-browser playback
- Thumbnails and media type indicators
- Watch progress tracking
- Grid and list views
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- Created
- Nov 8, 2025
- Install Methods
- dockerbinary
- Requirements
- yt-dlpffmpegDeno (for cookie support)SQLite
- Minimum Requirements
- RAM: ~512 MB RAMCPU: 1–2 cores
- Authentication
- localproxy-auth
- Backup & Export
- database-dumpfile-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- GoDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
≈4.0 GB RAM requested (from Docker memory limits)
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ ebf30f7 · scanned Sep 2, 2026
version: '3.5'
services:
server:
image: neosy/elengrab
ports:
- 8080:8080
environment:
TZ: "Europe/Moscow"
ELENGRAB_DOWNLOAD_WORKERS: "3"
ELENGRAB_MODE: "public"
volumes:
- db:/app_n/sqlite/data
- db_backups:/app_n/sqlite/backups
- downloads:/app_n/downloads
- cookies:/app_n/cookies
- media:/app_n/media
deploy:
mode: replicated
replicas: 1
# ...
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