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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: 2026.5.25.234532.dev0 Latest non-vulnerable version: 2026.5.25.234532.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
1937
Open PR
596
New PRS
1
Last Release
2 months 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
165.9k
Forks
14.0k
Contributors
0

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the PyPI package yt-dlp, we found that it has been starred 165,890 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 9 total vulnerabilities, but none affect the latest version (2026.5.25.234532.dev0)

Package versions

595 VERSIONS IN TOTAL See all versions
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2026.5.25.234532.dev025 May, 2026
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2026.5.24.234402.dev024 May, 2026
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2026.5.16.233954.dev016 May, 2026
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2026.5.5.233942.dev05 May, 2026
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2026.4.30.234007.dev030 Apr, 2026
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2026.4.7.233742.dev07 Apr, 2026
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2026.4.5.233732.dev05 Apr, 2026
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2026.4.4.233651.dev04 Apr, 2026
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