Audio and podcasting
AudioFetcher alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
alexta69/metube★14,350 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceSelf-hosted web UI that wraps yt-dlp for downloading videos from YouTube and other sites.Open on GitHub ↗yt-dlp/yt-dlp★182,945 GitHub starsUnlicense licenceFeature-rich command-line audio/video downloader supporting extraction and format conversion.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Playlist import and selective playlist processing (Supporter feature)
- Priority processing / queued priority for paying users
- 320 kbps highest-quality MP3 for non-Pro users
- One-time Supporter Pass gating and built-in payments/billing UI
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches AudioFetcher, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.