Yark

1.2.12

OSINT for YouTube made simple.

Verified 24 Sept 2026
pip 1.2.12
MIT
2.2k stars

Source on GitHub · PyPI release · Markdown

Install and run

otlite install yark
Installs yark==1.2.12 into its own virtualenv. otlite lists what it will install and asks before it starts.
otlite run yark -- --help
Yark has no typed inputs. Everything after -- goes to yark unchanged, so pass its own arguments there.

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curl -fsSL https://get.otinstaller.com/otlite | sh

Linux and macOS, no Docker. It uses your Python and pipx when both are there, and otherwise brings its own Python. About otlite · otlite docs

What it takes

Yark has no typed inputs, though it works on URL, username, name. Pass its own arguments after --; otlite run yark -- --help lists them.

What a run leaves

Every run is saved under results/ where you run otlite (or --output, or OTLITE_RESULTS_DIR): what the tool printed, a sidecar with how it ran, and an envelope.

results/yark/johndoe/<time>_yark_johndoe_<run id>.txt
results/yark/johndoe/<time>_yark_johndoe_<run id>.meta.json
results/yark/johndoe/<time>_yark_johndoe_<run id>.envelope.json

{
  "envelope": 1,
  "tool": "yark@1.2.12",
  "runtime": "otlite",
  "input": { "target": "johndoe" },
  "case": null,
  "started_at": "…", "ended_at": "…", "duration_ms": …,
  "exit_code": 0,
  "status": "complete",
  "entities": [{ "type": "url", "value": "…" }, …],
  "warnings": [],
  "output": { "path": "results/yark/johndoe/<time>_yark_johndoe_<run id>.txt", "sha256": "…", "bytes": … }
}

The envelope's shape, the same for every tool; values elided. Its entities are the emails, domains, IP addresses and URLs found in the output, or the tool's own when it prints them.

otlite results --tool yark

otlite extract yark

otlite diff yark johndoe

List the saved runs, pull out every indicator, or compare the two latest runs against the same target.

With other tools

Batch runs can't pass it a value, so run it on its own.

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