MeTube
MeTube is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Management category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube and ships a Docker image. It has 15,097 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Media Management
- Python
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 15,097
- Forks
- 1,125
- Open issues
- 7
- Commits, last 12 months
- 363
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 2026.10.25Oct 25, 2026
- Created
- Nov 29, 2019
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 363 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 363 |
| Latest release | 2026.10.25 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 94 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 29, 2019 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About MeTube
Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support. Allows downloading videos from dozens of websites.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/alexta69/metube.
Topics
- youtube-dl
- self-hosted
- youtube
- yt-dlp
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Is MeTube free and open source?
Yes. MeTube 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 MeTube with Docker?
Yes. MeTube 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 MeTube?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to MeTube include Sonarr, Radarr and Seerr. MeTube itself is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube.
Is MeTube actively maintained?
The most recent commit to MeTube was on Oct 25, 2026 with 363 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2026.10.25, published Oct 25, 2026. It had 7 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.