osintverse-community/yt-dlp
Extracts metadata from videos and channels on YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram and 1,000+ other sites
Takes url → finds account, other, url
No key · Python wheel
No key · Python wheel
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YouTube OSINT tools
3 tools. 2 run with ot in a sandbox on Windows, macOS and Linux; 1 with otlite on Linux and macOS, no Docker. Compare them side by side ↓
A YouTube video carries an exact upload date, a channel with its own history, a description, tags and usually a transcript you can search. These tools pull that metadata from a video or channel, download its subtitles (auto-generated ones included) as text, and archive a channel so you keep a copy if it disappears.
With ot, in a sandbox
All social media tools →Windows, macOS and Linux, with Docker or Podman. Each tool runs in a read-only container that can reach only the sites it declares, and every result comes back in the same JSON shape.
osintverse-community/youtube-transcript-api
Downloads the transcript or subtitles of a YouTube video, including auto-generated ones
→ finds document
No key · Python wheel
No key · Python wheel
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ot install osintverse-community/yt-dlp osintverse-community/youtube-transcript-apiInstalls the first 2 in one go. No ot yet? Install it in one line.
Without Docker, with otlite
All otlite tools →Linux and macOS. otlite installs each one with pip or git into its own virtualenv, pinned to a version it has tested: otlite install yark.
The 2 registry tools side by side
| osintverse-community/ | document | None | Online, passive | No | Python | No reports yet | fewer than 10 |
| osintverse-community/ | account, other, url | None | Online, passive | Yes | Python | No reports yet | fewer than 10 |
Facts from each tool's manifest and what people report about whether it works. "Reaches" says whether a run stays offline, reads public sources, sends requests about the target, or may notify them.
Where to start with YouTube
- Pull the video's metadata (yt-dlp): upload date, channel, duration, description and tags.
- Download the transcript (youtube-transcript-api) and search it for names, places and dates.
- Archive the channel (Yark) if the material may be taken down.
Before you run one
Does this download the videos?
The registry's yt-dlp package extracts metadata, not the video files. Yark archives a channel, videos included; mind the platform's terms and copyright before keeping copies.
Are auto-generated transcripts reliable?
Good enough to search, but they get names and numbers wrong. Quote the video itself, with its timestamp, rather than the transcript.
Do these tools send my search anywhere?
No. ot runs each tool on your own machine in a read-only container that can only reach the sites the tool declares, and results stay in your results folder. The registry only counts installs.