Elengrab
Fast cross-platform video and audio downloader and media viewer with flexible format and quality options. Supports 1000+ websites including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and more.
- Media Management
- Go
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 42
- Forks
- 1
- Open issues
- 16
- Commits, last 12 months
- 192
- Last commit
- Oct 5, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.26.3Oct 2, 2026
- Created
- Nov 8, 2025
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About Elengrab
Fast cross-platform video and audio downloader and media viewer with flexible format and quality options. Supports 1000+ websites including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and more. Elengrab is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and written mainly in Go, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 42 stars and 1 forks on GitHub, with 192 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- downloader
- go
- self-hosted
- youtube
- youtube-dl
- youtube-downloader
- yt-dlp
- htmx
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What is Elengrab?
Elengrab is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Media Management category. Fast cross-platform video and audio downloader and media viewer with flexible format and quality options. Supports 1000+ websites including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and more. The source code lives at github.com/neosy/elengrab, where it has 42 stars.
Is Elengrab free and open source?
Yes. Elengrab is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Elengrab with Docker?
Yes. Elengrab provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Elengrab?
Popular open-source alternatives to Elengrab include Sonarr, MeTube and Radarr.
Is Elengrab actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Elengrab was on Oct 5, 2026 with 192 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.26.3, published Oct 2, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.