CyTube
Synchronize media, chat, and more for an arbitrary number of channels.
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Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.36.1 (May 2017).
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: YouTube alternatives, Netflix alternatives, Twitch alternatives, Vimeo alternatives.
At a glance
CyTube quick facts
- Health score
- 30/100 STALE
- Stars
- 1,587
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.36.1, May 2017
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to CyTube
In its own words
The project's README opens: "CyTube is a project I started in early 2013 as a hobby project to build my own clone of synchtube.com (which shut down in March 2013)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
CyTube scores 30/100, #12 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.36.1, 9.5 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 1,587 stars add 12.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
v3.36.1 released 9.5 years ago
- Stars 12.8 / 20
1.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 8
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between Restreamer (#11) and SyncTube (#13) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v3.36.1 · 9.5 years ago |
| Stars | 1,587 |
| Open issues | 59 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | calzoneman/sync ↗ |
CyTube vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with CyTube (Media Streaming - Video Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invidious | 98 | 26k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| SRS | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Tube Archivist | 96 | 8.6k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| OvenMediaEngine | 94 | 3.3k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| MediaCMS | 90 | 5.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| CyTube (this tool) | 30 | 1.6k | MIT | 2 days ago |
CyTube: common questions
Is CyTube still maintained?
CyTube had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.36.1, is from 9.5 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.