Pinchflat
Download YouTube content built using yt-dlp.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 3% of tracked projects; popularity more than 68%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 5.4k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2025.9.26 · 26 Sept 2025 |
| Repo updated | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Pinchflat actively maintained?
Pinchflat logged 3 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, v2025.9.26, is about 12 months old.
Note that Pinchflat depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.
Pinchflat ranks #30 of 31 tracked media management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Pinchflat actually does
Pinchflat is a media management tool that automates the downloading of video content from YouTube. It operates as a self-hosted service designed to handle recurring subscription downloads and archive management. The application relies on yt-dlp to process and retrieve media files.
Best fit: It is a suitable choice if you want a dedicated, self-hosted utility specifically focused on automated YouTube video archiving rather than a broad media server.
Worth knowing: The project shows signs of low maintenance activity, which may result in delayed fixes for breaking changes when upstream video platforms update their architecture. Additionally, the AGPL-3.0 licence may impose specific compliance obligations if you modify and distribute the code.
Deployment notes
As a containerised application, you will need to map persistent storage volumes for your downloaded media files and configuration data. You should also ensure proper network configuration if you plan to access the web interface externally behind a reverse proxy.
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