Pinchflat

Pinchflat is a self-hosted app for downloading YouTube content built using yt-dlp. It's designed to be lightweight, self-contained, and easy to use. You set up rules for how to download content from YouTube channels or playlists and it'll do the rest, periodically checking for new content. It's perfect for people who want to download content for use in with a media center app (Plex, Jellyfin, Kodi) or for those who want to archive media! While you can download individual videos, Pinchflat is best suited for downloading content from channels or playlists. It's also not meant for consuming content in-app - Pinchflat downloads content to disk where you can then watch it with a media center app or VLC. ## Features - Self-contained - just one Docker container with no external dependencies - Powerful naming system so content is stored where and how you want it - Easy-to-use web interface with presets to get you started right away - First-class support for media center apps like Plex, Jellyfin, and Kodi ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#how-do-i-get-media-into-plexjellyfinkodi)) - Supports serving RSS feeds to your favourite podcast app ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/Podcast-RSS-Feeds)) - Automatically downloads new content from channels and playlists - Uses a novel approach to download new content more quickly than other apps - Supports downloading audio content - Custom rules for handling YouTube Shorts and livestreams - Apprise support for notifications - Allows automatically redownloading new media after a set period - This can help improve the download quality of new content or improve SponsorBlock tags - Optionally automatically delete old content ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/Automatically-Delete-Media)) - Advanced options like setting cutoff dates and filtering by title ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#i-only-want-certain-videos-from-a-source---how-can-i-only-download-those)) - Reliable hands-off operation - Can pass cookies to YouTube to download your private playlists ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/YouTube-Cookies)) - Sponsorblock integration - [Advanced] allows custom `yt-dlp` options ([docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/%5BAdvanced%5D-Custom-yt%E2%80%90dlp-options)) - [Advanced] supports running custom scripts when after downloading/deleting media (alpha - [docs](https://github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat/wiki/%5BAdvanced%5D-Custom-lifecycle-scripts))

• Version2025.6.6
• CategoryMedia
• Source codePublic
• Developed byKieran Eglin
• Submitted byonly1thor
• Compatible withumbrelOS 0.5 or later