Elengrab
Fast cross-platform video and audio downloader and media viewer with flexible format and quality options. Supports 1000+ websites including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and more.
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Still maintained? Yes: 208 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.27.2 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Elengrab quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 46
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.27.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Self-hosted cross-platform downloader and media viewer for video and audio from 1,000+ platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, etc.)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Elengrab scores 87/100, #17 of 30 in Media Management: 208 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.27.2, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 46 stars add 6.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 13.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
208 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.27.2 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 6.7 / 20
46 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
- 208
- Last 90 days
- 263
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between MKVPriority (#16) and Ratelog (#18) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.27.2 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 46 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | neosy/elengrab ↗ |
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Elengrab: common questions
Is Elengrab still maintained?
Elengrab had 208 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.27.2, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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