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MyTube vs ChannelTube: catalog facts
MyTubeChannelTube
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Channel subscriptions with automatic downloads
  • Built-in player and collections for the downloaded library
  • Scheduled channel syncing without manual work
  • Video and audio downloads to separate folders
  • No tagged releases; deployment follows the repository
  • Code is generated entirely through AI prompting, per the README
  • Limited to YouTube channels
  • Configured mainly through Docker environment variables
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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