# osintverse-community/yt-dlp

Extracts metadata from videos and channels on YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram and 1,000+ other sites

## Install and run

```sh
ot install osintverse-community/yt-dlp
ot run osintverse-community/yt-dlp url:https://archive.org/details/Popeye_forPresident
```

The first `ot run` installs the tool after asking once. New to `ot`? See https://otinstaller.com/docs/getting-started.

From an AI agent, through ot's MCP server (`ot mcp`):

```
run_tool {"tool":"osintverse-community/yt-dlp","inputs":{"url":"https://archive.org/details/Popeye_forPresident"}}
```

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | url | yes |  | A video, channel or playlist URL |

## Outputs

Finds: url, account, other.

## What a run does

- Does not contact the target.
- Collects personal data.
- Does not need an account.
- Connects to the internet.

An agent needs the person's consent before running this tool, because it collects personal data. See https://otinstaller.com/docs/agents#consent.

## Trust

- Latest version: 2026.8.19
- Signed: yes
- Verified publisher: yes
- Health: healthy
- Installs in the last 30 days: 0
- License: Unlicense
- Runtime: Python wheel (pipx), pinned by hash
- Repository: https://github.com/osintverse-community/yt-dlp
- Packaged by the community from a third-party tool

## Links

- Web page: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/yt-dlp
- JSON: https://api.otinstaller.com/v1/tools/osintverse-community/yt-dlp
- README: https://github.com/osintverse-community/yt-dlp#readme
- Homepage: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
- Security details: https://otinstaller.com/osintverse-community/yt-dlp/security