Youtarr

Automation & Workflows

A self‑hosted YouTube downloader that automatically fetches videos from subscribed channels and prepares them with metadata for media servers like Plex.

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TypeScript Latest v1.70.0 · 4d ago Security brief →

Features

Auto‑download new videos from channel subscriptions
Generate organized files with full metadata for Plex, Kodi, Jellyfin, Emby
In‑app playback without needing a separate media server
SponsorBlock integration to trim sponsored segments automatically
REST API and Swagger docs for programmatic control

Recent releases

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v1.70.0 New feature 4d

Terminate channel detection

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v1.69.2 Maintenance 19d

Routine maintenance and dependency updates.

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v1.69.1 Bug fix 21d

Settings crash fix

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v1.69.0 Bug fix 23d

Security fixes

dep: bump axios to clear high‑severity advisory

Notable features

Customizable video filename template configuration
Manual rescan capability and support for additional file formats
Filename preview rendering via yt-dlp

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What's Changed

1.69.0 (2026-05-11)

Features

add customizable video filename template (8e1600a), closes #369
add manual rescan and recognize more formats (851e593)
config: render filename preview via yt-dlp (24aad30), closes #369

Bug Fixes

reduce bind-mount mariadb corruption risk (9ce4ef7)
deps: bump axios to clear high-sev advisory (6f01c15)
migrate: preserve source db collation (f6c0664), closes #598
setup: replace localhost gate with one-time token (4e1b423), closes #431
restore members-only video detection (e0ed879), closes yt-dlp/yt-dlp#16665
stop clobbering channelvideo publishedAt on empty refresh (1af2022), closes #608

Documentation

update CHANGELOG for v1.68.0 [skip ci] (99e7f6b)
unraid: expand mariadb setup guidance (38a0e1a)

Docker Image

docker pull dialmaster/youtarr:v1.69.0

Or use latest:

docker pull dialmaster/youtarr:latest

Full Changelog

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DialmasterOrg/Youtarr/compare/vv1.68.0...v1.69.0

View release on GitHub

v1.68.0 New feature 1mo

Notable features

Expanded YouTube API coverage to all tabs
Optional YouTube Data API v3 support with yt-dlp fallback
Nightly yt-dlp auto-updates and extended configuration (IP family, rate limit, custom args)

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