Tube Archivist
Tube Archivist is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube and ships a Docker image. It has 8,544 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,544
- Forks
- 428
- Open issues
- 14
- Commits, last 12 months
- 252
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.6.0Oct 25, 2026
- Created
- Sep 5, 2021
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 252 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 252 |
| Latest release | v0.6.0 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 57 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Sep 5, 2021 |
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 Tube Archivist
Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist.
Topics
- youtube
- youtube-dl
- archive
- elasticsearch
- media-server
- download-manager
- download-videos
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Is Tube Archivist free and open source?
Yes. Tube Archivist is open-source software released under the GPL-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 Tube Archivist with Docker?
Yes. Tube Archivist 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 Tube Archivist?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Tube Archivist include Jellyfin, SRS and Invidious. Tube Archivist itself is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube.
Is Tube Archivist actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Tube Archivist was on Oct 25, 2026 with 252 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.6.0, published Oct 25, 2026. It had 14 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.