Package

youtubei.js

A JavaScript client for YouTube's private API, known as InnerTube.

v18.1.0MITESM onlyTypes: BundledTypeScript tooling

$ npm install youtubei.js

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 130.2k; +93% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: -; v18.1.0
GitHub stars: 5.3k; 438 forks
Open issues / PRs: 87 / 11
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 166

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

130,234 downloads last week, 641,211 in the last month. The 12-month change of +93% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 18.1.0
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 24 Sept 20261 day before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 87
Open pull requests: 11
Commits, last 52 weeks: 166
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 15.1 MB
Dependencies (3): fflatemeriyah@bufbuild/protobuf

Install

npm install youtubei.js

CDN

jsDelivr: 119.9k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/youtubei.js@18.1.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/youtubei.js@18.1.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/youtubei.js@18.1.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.