ChannelTube
Download video or audio from YouTube channels on a schedule via yt-dlp.
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Still maintained? Yes: 5 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.10 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Media Management: Sonarr Cloud alternatives.
At a glance
ChannelTube quick facts
- Health score
- 61/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 334
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.10, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "ChannelTube is a tool for synchronizing and fetching content from YouTube channels using yt-dlp."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ChannelTube scores 61/100, #23 of 30 in Media Management: 5 commits in the last 90 days earn 5.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.10, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 334 stars add 10.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 29.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 5.8 / 35
5 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.9.10 released 3 days ago
- Stars 10.1 / 20
334 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 5
- Last 90 days
- 34
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #23 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between Ombi (#22) and LidaTube (#24) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.9.10 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 334 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | TheWicklowWolf/ChannelTube ↗ |
ChannelTube vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with ChannelTube (Media Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeTube | 97 | 15k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| tubesync | 94 | 2.8k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Youtarr | 93 | 1.8k | ISC | yesterday |
| youtube-dl-nas | 89 | 201 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| ChannelTube (this tool) | 61 | 334 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Pinchflat | 50 | 5.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 11 months ago |
ChannelTube: common questions
Is ChannelTube still maintained?
ChannelTube had 5 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.9.10, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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