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PinchflatChannelTube
Free

Free to use with no paid tier.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Downloads new channel and playlist videos automatically
  • Output fits into existing media server libraries
  • Scheduled channel syncing without manual work
  • Video and audio downloads to separate folders
  • Limited to YouTube as a source
  • Depends on YouTube not blocking downloads
  • Limited to YouTube channels
  • Configured mainly through Docker environment variables
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated 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 September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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