Tube Archivist
★ 8.5kA self-hosted alternative to Youtube
GNU General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallDocker · Compose · Source20 active committers (12mo)
About
Tube Archivist is a self-hosted media management app for people who archive YouTube content and want a searchable, browsable library instead of a pile of downloaded files. It organizes a channel- and...
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Features
- YouTube channel subscriptions
- video downloads
- metadata indexing
- searchable video library
- video playback
- viewed and unviewed tracking
- reverse proxy auth support
- LDAP authentication
- browser extension support
- Jellyfin integration
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Sep 5, 2021
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- DockerElasticsearchRedisyt-dlpat least 2GB of available memory for a small testing setupat least 4GB of available memory for a mid to large sized installationdual core CPU with 4 threads
- Minimum Requirements
- RAM: 2GBCPU: dual core with 4 threads
- Authentication
- ldapproxy-authlocal
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- native-export
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryCloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: no container deployment found
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