Is youtube-dl safe to use?

youtube-dl has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2021.12.17). DepScope rates its health at 48/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of youtube-dl?

The latest version of youtube-dl is 2021.12.17, released 2025-04-22.

Does youtube-dl have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. youtube-dl has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/conda/youtube-dl for details.

Is youtube-dl deprecated?

No, youtube-dl is actively maintained. Latest release: 2021.12.17 (2025-04-22).

What are alternatives to youtube-dl?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for youtube-dl at this time.

What license does youtube-dl use?

youtube-dl is licensed under LicenseRef-Public-Domain.

youtube-dl

condav2021.12.17

YouTube video downloader

License LicenseRef-Public-Domain120 versions1 maintainers0 deps7,300 weekly dl

rg3/youtube-dl

/ 100

Health

update required

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1 high severity vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

5/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

20/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 high

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
high	GHSA-22fp-mf44-f2mq	youtube-dl vulnerable to file system modification and RCE through improper file-extension sanitization	—

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

1

Primary author dominance

100%

GitHub stars

140,148

single active maintainer 3msingle author dominance

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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First published · 2020-05-28 21:04:17.836000+00:00

Last updated · 2025-04-22 14:56:44.986000+00:00