Download videos from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp, with a web UI to browse and selectively download videos. Integrates with Plex Media Server and generates NFO metadata for Jellyfin, Kodi
Youtarr is an open-source media management project, with 1.5k GitHub stars and a health score of 81/100. It committed 626 times in the last twelve months across 6 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: ISC. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.
| Status | Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days. |
|---|---|
| Last commit | 2026-08-07 |
| Days since last commit | 10 |
| Commits, last 3 months | 205 |
| Commits, last 12 months | 626 |
| Months with activity | 6 of 12 |
| Last release | 2026-08-07 |
| Archived | No |
| Licence | ISC |
| Category | Media Management |
Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.
Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.
This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.
Youtarr is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.
Winnable, but differentiation is not optional. Pick one underserved segment and be visibly better for it rather than competing feature-for-feature with a free tool.
Actively maintained. Youtarr recorded 626 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 6 of those months and 205 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-07. Last release: 2026-08-07. Committed within the last 45 days.
Youtarr is published under ISC. Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.
26 open-source implementations, 13 of them actively maintained, led by Sonarr at 15k stars. Saturation score 48/100 — Contested. Several maintained alternatives exist, but no one owns the category.
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