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chellem/youtube-downloader
==========================

PHP library to download video

v2.1.0(3y ago)686.2k26MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0CI passing

Since Jul 1Pushed 3y ago9 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/J3-Tech/Youtube-dl-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chellem/youtube-downloader)[ Fund](https://liberapay.com/j3-tech)[ RSS](/packages/chellem-youtube-downloader/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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YouTube-dl-php
==============

[](#youtube-dl-php)

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This library is a PHP implementation of [Youtube-dl](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) for downloading video from Youtube and other streaming sites.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

[Youtube-dl](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl) has must be installed first.

Installation using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
{
    "require": {
        "chellem/youtube-downloader": "^2.1.0"
    }
}
```

[Examples](https://youtube-dl-php.j3-tech.com/examples)
-------------------------------------------------------

[](#examples)

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~565 days

Recently: every ~515 days

Total

6

Last Release

1148d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.1 → v2.0.02023-03-20

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

v1.1.1PHP >=5.6.0

v2.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

composerphpyoutubeyt-dlpyoutubedownload

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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