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Tube Archivist

Self-hosted YouTube media server with metadata and search

Media Servers ★ 8.3k stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server that downloads, indexes, and organizes videos and channels for offline viewing. It maintains metadata, subtitles, and full-text search across your archived library.

Key features

  • Automated channel downloads
  • Full-text search
  • Metadata and subtitles
  • Watch progress tracking

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Great for archiving channels
  • Powerful search

Trade-offs

  • Requires Elasticsearch
  • Storage hungry

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