Tube Archivist
Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface.
- Media Servers
- Python
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,499
- Forks
- 427
- Open issues
- 21
- Commits, last 12 months
- 204
- Last commit
- Aug 28, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.5.12Aug 25, 2026
- Created
- Sep 5, 2021
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About Tube Archivist
Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface. Tube Archivist is open source under the GPL-3.0 license and written mainly in Python, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 8,499 stars and 427 forks on GitHub, with 204 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
- youtube
- youtube-dl
- archive
- elasticsearch
- media-server
- download-manager
- download-videos
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What is Tube Archivist?
Tube Archivist is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Media Servers category. Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection. Subscribe, download, and track viewed content with metadata indexing and a user-friendly interface. The source code lives at github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist, where it has 8,499 stars.
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 open-source 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 Aug 28, 2026 with 204 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.5.12, published Aug 25, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.