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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: 2026.7.14.233956.dev0 Latest non-vulnerable version: 2026.7.14.233956.dev0
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Package Health Score

79/100
  • securityNo known security issues
  • popularityInfluential project
  • maintenanceSustainable
  • communitySustainable

Maintenance

SUSTAINABLE

Commit Frequency

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Open Issues
1926
Open PR
589
New PRS
1
Last Release
12 days ago
Last Commit
2 days ago
Maintainers
1

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
178.4k
Forks
15.3k
Contributors
0

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package yt-dlp, we found that it has been starred 178,364 times.

Community

SUSTAINABLE
Readme
Yes
Contributing.md
Yes
Code of Conduct
No
Contributors
0
Funding
Yes
LICENSE
Unlicense

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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 (2026.7.14.233956.dev0)

Package versions

623 VERSIONS IN TOTAL See all versions
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2026.7.14.233956.dev014 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.12.233956.dev012 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.9.234832.dev09 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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2026.7.3.234421.dev03 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.2.234458.dev02 Jul, 2026
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2026.7.1.235203.dev01 Jul, 2026
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2026.6.30.234726.dev030 Jun, 2026
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