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Tube Archivist

Self-hosted YouTube media server

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About Versions (54)

v0.5.10

2026-03-28

This release introduces secret lookup from files, improves metadata preservation during redownloads, and adds support for Elasticsearch 9.

v0.5.9

2026-02-07

This update introduces PO token provider integration, improved data serialization and validation, index rebuilding from embedded metadata, and various yt-dlp fixes.

v0.5.8

2025-11-08

Added Deno runtime for yt-dlp compatibility, full metadata embedding into video files, and various fixes for playlist parsing and channel pagination.

v0.5.7

2025-08-21

Updated yt-dlp to resolve blocking issues, added membership integration, and fixed frontend caching and cron tab error parsing.

v0.5.6

2025-08-18

Introduces redownload options, multi-select UI, and new video filters to address YouTube SABR issues, along with various bug fixes and indexing improvements.

v0.5.5

2025-07-31

This release introduces significant download queue management enhancements, improved channel tab tracking to reduce YouTube requests, and various new features including bulk actions and LDAP permission mappings.

v0.5.4

2025-06-11

Updated the yt-dlp dependency.

v0.5.3

2025-06-08

This update introduces a video table view, enhanced subtitle options, and updates to date indexing and authentication, alongside several bug fixes.

v0.5.2

2025-05-14

This release introduces channel name fallbacks, optimizes notification polling, and fixes various bugs related to URL handling, CSS injection, and autodelete logic.

v0.5.1

2025-03-27

This point release updates the React frontend, integrates the latest yt-dlp, and includes various bug fixes and new features like filesize unit configuration.

v0.5.0

2025-03-09

Introduces a new React-based frontend, a major backend refactor, and updated Redis and API configurations.

v0.4.13

2025-01-19

This release updates yt-dlp to resolve 403 errors and adds a config backup script for the upcoming v0.5.0 migration.

v0.4.12

2024-12-20

Updated dependencies and fixed an issue where playlists containing only shorts failed to extract.

v0.4.11

2024-11-09

Minor release updating dependencies while frontend development continues.

v0.4.10

2024-08-03

This minor release incorporates the latest fixes from the yt-dlp team.

v0.4.9

2024-07-15

This update includes yt-dlp fixes, retry logic for failed downloads, per-channel page size controls, and various bug fixes.

v0.4.8

2024-05-22

This update introduces a new schedule management system, fixes for playlist and comment extraction, an ARM64 ffmpeg hotfix, and new video management features.

v0.4.7

2024-04-10

Introduces user-created custom playlists, updates yt-dlp, and improves error messaging and video playback behavior.

v0.4.6

2024-01-27

This maintenance release fixes bugs related to memory leaks in Celery, channel subtitle cleanup, item reindexing, and video redirect throttling.

v0.4.5

2023-12-21

This release includes various bug fixes for version checking, parsing, and mobile scaling, alongside a change to the temporary queue building interface using Redis sorted sets.

v0.4.4

2023-11-21

This update introduces new API stats endpoints, dashboard improvements, additional sorting options, and various fixes for mapping and indexing issues.

v0.4.3

2023-11-10

This update introduces read-only user functionality, CSS styling, and zip file backup endpoints, while refactoring environment variable parsing and fixing channel about page parsing.

v0.4.2

2023-10-07

Updates include migrating user configurations from Redis to Elasticsearch, adding search scores, forward authentication, and various UI and functional improvements.

v0.4.1

2023-09-03

Introduces an archive statistics dashboard, several new API endpoints, a fullscreen hotkey, and an index rebuild due to a timestamp correction.

v0.4.0

2023-08-05

This release standardizes media file naming conventions, introduces Jellyfin and Apprise integrations, and includes various bug fixes and API updates.

v0.3.6

2023-05-13

This update introduces video and channel metadata indexing, adds several new configuration options, and improves channel extraction reliability using yt-dlp.

v0.3.5

2023-04-10

This update introduces a new task management backend, a Jellyfin integration proof of concept, improved TA_HOST parsing, and relocated documentation.

v0.3.4

2023-03-04

This update fixes media URL issues in periodic refresh tasks, updates yt-dlp to resolve throttling, and adds a search keyword cheat sheet.

v0.3.3

2023-02-18

This update fixes yt-dlp uploader ID extraction, switches to redis-stack-server, enforces the ES path.repo variable, and introduces several queue and thumbnail improvements.

v0.3.2

2023-01-16

This update fixes a default config parser error for new installations and adds an option to set stream and short channel page sizes to zero.

v0.3.1

2023-01-14

Added support for YouTube shorts and streams, introduced manual reindexing buttons, expanded the API, and updated the reindex backend.

v0.3.0

2022-11-30

This update introduces comments archiving, a browser extension rewrite, system snapshot backups, and several UI enhancements to the video page.

v0.2.4

2022-11-05

Introduces deduplicated Elasticsearch snapshots for metadata indexing, adds search fuzziness configuration, LDAP attribute mapping, and player keyboard shortcuts.

v0.2.3

2022-10-23

This release adds channel query filters and links, improves SponsorBlock API handling, and fixes several bugs related to live streams, thumbnails, and watched dates.

v0.2.2

2022-09-19

This release adds LDAP certificate check disabling, configurable download grid size, and enhanced docker logs, while fixing manual import and channel creation issues.

v0.2.1

2022-08-20

Added offline media import and LDAP authentication, refactored the thumbnail downloader, and fixed several bugs including CSRF errors and backup locking.

v0.2.0

2022-07-23

This release introduces a new TA_HOST environment variable for security, adds keyword and full-text search, updates the channel detail page, and upgrades the Elasticsearch dependency to version 8.

v0.1.7

2022-07-03

Introduced cookie sync support for the browser extension, new API endpoints for tasks and cookies, and various fixes for Redis connections and CSS scaling.

v0.1.6

2022-06-04

This update introduces configurable grid row sizes, Truenas Scale installation instructions, improved cookie handling via Redis, and various fixes for subtitles and thumbnails.

v0.1.5

2022-05-08

Introduces browser extensions, a Prometheus metrics release, cookie import functionality, and several API enhancements and bug fixes.

v0.1.4

2022-04-16

This update introduces SponsorBlock integration, new API endpoints, a revised Dockerfile for smaller images, and various bug fixes.

v0.1.3

2022-03-26

Introduces a continue watching section, per-channel customization, and updated indexing for subtitles and download queues, while requiring Elasticsearch 7.17.

v0.1.2

2022-02-26

Introduces playback position memory and a progress bar indicator, alongside various bug fixes and API endpoint changes.

v0.1.1

2022-02-13

Introduces subtitle support, Google Cast integration, a refactored codebase, and an improved video player, while automatically updating indices for video and channel mappings.

v0.1.0

2022-01-08

Introduces a dedicated search page, an English language analyzer for improved search, and optional returnyoutubedislike.com integration, alongside various UI refinements and bug fixes.

v0.0.9

2021-12-17

Introduces a cron-like scheduler for automatic tasks, optional auto-deletion of watched videos, and various UI improvements and fixes.

v0.0.8

2021-11-27

Introduces playlist support, updates Elasticsearch indices, and improves thumbnail and format extraction reliability.

v0.0.7

2021-11-01

This release introduces user authentication, improved sorting and filtering, and requires new environment variables for TubeArchivist and Elasticsearch.

v0.0.6

2021-10-17

Introduces thumbnail embedding, filesystem rescanning, new deletion buttons, and a rewritten artwork extraction system with expanded architecture support.

v0.0.5

2021-10-03

Added grid/list view switches, improved download views, updated documentation to Github wiki, and integrated custom RedisJSON port support.

v0.0.4

2021-09-26

Updated the download queue to be dynamic with priority settings, improved error handling, and added documentation and donation links.

v0.0.3

2021-09-22

Added index restoration from backup zip, yt-dlp post-processor support with metadata embedding, and various code improvements and bug fixes.

v0.0.2

2021-09-17

Added metadata database backup and updated the download view with pagination, while fixing issues with Docker publishing and static file collection.

v0.0.1

2021-09-15

Added video collection importing and indexing, updated channel subscription to accept lists, and fixed scraping and interface freezes.