AI assistants and search
Youtube to Transcript 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
krillinai/KrillinAIAI video translation & dubbing tool with full pipeline: download, transcribe, translate, TTS dub, reformat (optimized for YouTube)Open on GitHub ↗modelscope/FunClipFunASR-powered video transcription, subtitle generation, and LLM-assisted clipping tool with a local Gradio UIOpen on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Polish and UX refinements of a paid extension (single-click install, error handling)
- Proprietary model tuning or high-quality cloud ASR optimizations
- Scalable cloud infrastructure and monitoring for many concurrent users
- Commercial support, refunds, and payment/trial management
- Potential legal/compliance support around copyrighted downloads
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Youtube to Transcript, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.