Package

ytsave

A simple and powerful Node.js tool to download YouTube **videos** and **playlists** with ease. Works both as a **CLI tool** and as a **library**. 🎥🎶

v1.0.7, 10 Sept 2025ISCESM onlyTypes: NoneVideo and audio CLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install ytsave

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 4k; +24671% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v1.0.7
GitHub stars: 3; 1 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1

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.

3,990 downloads last week, 17,132 in the last month. The 12-month change of +24671% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 1.0.7, 10 Sept 20251 year ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 29 Oct 2025330 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1
Dependents on npm: 0

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 23 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install ytsave

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ytsave@1.0.7/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/ytsave@1.0.7/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/ytsave@1.0.7

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 3990 < 10000.