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Elengrab vs MyTube: catalog facts
Elengrab	MyTube
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Built-in viewer for downloaded media Single binary or Docker deployment	Channel subscriptions with automatic downloads Built-in player and collections for the downloaded library
Small project with few contributors Relies on yt-dlp and ffmpeg for site support	No tagged releases; deployment follows the repository Code is generated entirely through AI prompting, per the README
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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