CLUSTER DOWNLOADS-HOSTED-SELF · 17 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-15
Self-hosted media downloaders
This cluster consists of self-hosted web applications that download videos, audio, and transcripts from YouTube and other sites via pasted links. The dated entry history is too thin to read a shape from, predating the index or undated. Traction leaders include TunarrTube (12 stars), sonara (4 stars), and kstream-downloader (3 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 3 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled
Operator · 11 hobby · 1 indie · 2 open source · 3 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 17 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01TunarrTube12★17 days—hobbySelf-hosted companion that converts YouTube videos, playlists, and channels into a local media library and live-TV-style channels.
- 02sonara4★25 days—hobbySelf-hosted music library app that downloads audio from YouTube and plays it on any device.
- 03kstream-downloader3★10 dayslivehobbySelf-hosted web app that downloads videos, audio, and transcripts from YouTube and hundreds of other sites.
- 04Meaw-Loader2★2 days—Self-hosted web app that downloads MP4 video or MP3 audio from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and many other sites from pasted links.
- 05snag1★7 dayslivehobbySelf-hosted web app that downloads videos, playlists, and audio from media links with live progress and queue management.
- 06yttools1★17 dayslivehobbySelf-hosted web tool that downloads YouTube videos as MP4 or MP3 at user-selected quality without storing files on the server.
- 07bitrate0★11 days—hobbySelf-hosted web app that downloads video and audio from many sites using passthrough streaming and parallel connections.
- 08ytgrab0★3 days—hobbySelf-hosted web app that downloads YouTube videos and audio in multiple formats without relying on converter sites.
- 09MusicRequest1★28 days—ai-builthobbySelf-hosted web app that searches and downloads high-resolution music albums and YouTube audio directly to the host server.
- 10yt-viewer-redesign0★1 mo—Self-hosted downloader that fetches videos and audio from YouTube and other sites for offline viewing.
- 11batatata0★1 moliveai-builtWeb app that streams media by linking to third-party hosted files without storing content on its own server.
- 12awsadasd0★2 mo—hobbyWeb app that downloads YouTube videos and converts them to mp3 audio through a self-hosted service.
- 13crosspost1★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted tool that publishes a single video to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram from one form, without generating content.
- 14cobalt-app0★1 mo—hand-codedopen sourceSelf-hosted frontend for a media downloader that lets users download videos and audio from various websites.
- 15c-Automtion-Tools0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyWeb app that automatically fetches YouTube videos and posts them to a Facebook page, with duplicate protection and 24/7 cloud hosting.
- 16smartlama1★7 mostaleliveai-builtindieA self-hosted link redirect service that generates smart links opening YouTube videos and channels directly in the mobile app, bypassing in-app browsers.
- 17dilyn-tubesync0★unknownliveopen sourceSelf-hosted media tool that automatically downloads and syncs YouTube channels and playlists into local media server libraries.
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