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yt-dlp

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
Licenses: Public-Domain | Unlicense | Unknown
Published: 5 years ago Last updated: 2 days ago Latest version: 2026.8.4.234419.dev0 Latest non-vulnerable version: 2026.8.4.234419.dev0
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Package Health Score

85/100
  • securityNo known security issues
  • popularityInfluential project
  • maintenanceSustainable
  • communityActive

Maintenance

SUSTAINABLE

Commit Frequency

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Open Issues
1947
Open PR
606
New PRS
1
Last Release
1 months ago
Last Commit
23 days ago
Maintainers
380

Further analysis of the maintenance status of yt-dlp based on released PyPI versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Sustainable.

We found that yt-dlp demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 3 months.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

Popularity

INFLUENTIAL PROJECT
GitHub Stars
179.1k
Forks
15.2k
Contributors
380

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package yt-dlp, we found that it has been starred 179,122 times.

Community

ACTIVE
Readme
Yes
Contributing.md
Yes
Code of Conduct
No
Contributors
380
Funding
Yes
LICENSE
Unlicense

A good and healthy external contribution signal for yt-dlp project, which invites more than one hundred open source maintainers to collaborate on the repository.

We found a way for you to contribute to the project! Looks like yt-dlp is missing a Code of Conduct.

License

Public-Domain
[2021.1.15,2024.2.13.232701.dev0);
Unlicense
[2024.2.13.232701.dev0,2025.9.7.655.dev0);
Unknown[2025.9.7.655.dev0,);
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Security

NO KNOWN SECURITY ISSUES
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No vulnerabilities found

No vulnerabilities found in the latest version

There are 14 total vulnerabilities, but none affect the latest version (2026.8.4.234419.dev0)

Package versions

627 VERSIONS IN TOTAL See all versions
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2026.8.4.234419.dev04 Aug, 2026
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2026.7.23.234303.dev023 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.21.234255.dev021 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.12.233956.dev012 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.6.234510.dev06 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.4.221833.dev04 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.44 Jul, 2026
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