Youtarr
★ 1.4kA self-hosted alternative to Youtube
ISC LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintDocker · Compose · SourceNeeds MariaDB
About
Youtarr is a self-hosted web application for downloading and organizing YouTube videos from channels a user subscribes to. It is aimed at people who want an automated way to archive content, watch...
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No ratings yetFeatures
- automatic channel downloads
- video metadata preview
- channel subscriptions
- browse and filter videos
- in-app playback
- multi-library organization
- SponsorBlock integration
- scheduled downloads
- auto-cleanup
- REST API with Swagger/OpenAPI docs
Details
- Last Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Created
- May 13, 2023
- Install Methods
- dockerdocker-composesource
- Requirements
- DockerDocker ComposeGitBash shellMariaDB/MySQL
- Authentication
- local
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- file-backupdatabase-dumpbuilt-in-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- Docker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Docker Compose
2 services · database: mariadb · infra: mariadb
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ f193ffd · scanned Jun 5, 2026
# IMPORTANT NOTES:
# 1) UID/GID and folders setup:
# By default the youtarr service runs as ROOT (UID 0, GID 0) for compatibility with existing setups.
# For improved security, you can set YOUTARR_UID and YOUTARR_GID environment variables to run the container as a non-root user.
# If you do so, ensure that the following directories to exist on the host with the correct ownership/permissions before
# starting the container:
# - ./config
# - ./jobs
# - ./server/images
# - <YOUTUBE_OUTPUT_DIR> (as specified in environment variable)
# Docker will create these directories as ROOT if they do not exist!
#
# To create and set ownership/permissions, you can use the following commands:
# Example (using example YOUTUBE_OUTPUT_DIR of /path/to/youtube_videos and YOUTARR_UID/GID of 1000/1000):
# mkdir -p config jobs server/images /path/to/youtube_videos
# sudo chown -R 1000:1000 config jobs server/images /path/to/youtube_videos
#
# 2) Database setup notes:
# The default bundled MariaDB uses ./database as a bind mount for backwards compatibility.
# On Docker Desktop (Windows/macOS), ARM hosts, and some NAS/virtualized filesystems,
# ...
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