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Youtarr vs ChannelTube: catalog facts
Youtarr	ChannelTube
Free Free and open source under the ISC licence; a managed deployment is available through…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Scheduled channel and playlist downloads NFO metadata for Jellyfin, Kodi and Emby plus Plex integration	Scheduled channel syncing without manual work Video and audio downloads to separate folders
Focused on YouTube rather than other video sites Needs Docker and a server to run	Limited to YouTube channels Configured mainly through Docker environment variables
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: ISC	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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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