MeTube

MeTube addresses the need for reliable video downloading in an ecosystem where browser extensions frequently break due to platform changes, desktop applications require installation and updates on every device, and online download services impose quality limits, inject advertisements, or harvest user data through mandatory account creation. By self-hosting MeTube, users gain a permanent video downloading capability that remains functional regardless of changes to browser extension policies, app store restrictions, or the business models of commercial download services that may restrict features or discontinue operations.

Common Use Cases

Content archivists preserve educational videos, tutorials, and documentary content before channels disappear, videos get removed, or platforms demonetize creators who subsequently delete back catalogs, ensuring valuable content remains accessible regardless of platform policy changes or creator decisions. The playlist download feature enables archiving entire course series or lecture collections in a single operation. Travelers download entertainment content for offline viewing during flights, road trips, or visits to areas with limited internet connectivity, queuing multiple videos through the web interface from any device before departure rather than relying on platform-specific offline features that impose viewing windows or require premium subscriptions. Researchers preserve video evidence, interviews, and primary sources for academic work where citing online videos risks link rot when content gets removed, channels get banned, or platforms reorganize URLs, ensuring cited sources remain verifiable through local copies with preserved metadata. Music enthusiasts extract audio from live performances, rare recordings, and content not available on streaming services, building personal collections of music that platform licensing restrictions prevent from appearing on commercial services. Language learners download educational content for repeated viewing with offline subtitle manipulation, playback speed adjustment, and annotation capabilities that streaming platforms don't provide, enabling intensive study methods impossible with online-only access. Content creators download reference material, stock footage from Creative Commons sources, and inspiration content for editing projects, maintaining organized libraries of source material without relying on platform availability or internet connectivity during editing sessions.

Key Features

• Support for YouTube and 1000+ other sites
• Video quality selection up to 4K
• Audio extraction to MP3 and other formats
• Playlist and channel downloads
• Download queue management
• Real-time progress tracking
• Browser-based interface
• Mobile-friendly design
• Automatic format conversion
• Metadata preservation
• Dark mode support
• Download history
• Custom output templates
• Subtitle download support
• Thumbnail embedding

Why deploy MeTube on Hostinger VPS

Deploying MeTube on Hostinger VPS provides a reliable video downloading service accessible from anywhere without installing applications on individual devices, enabling downloads from phones, tablets, work computers, or any device with a web browser by simply navigating to the hosted instance. Unlike browser extensions that break frequently when platforms change their systems or browsers update extension APIs, self-hosted MeTube updates independently and continues functioning through platform changes by updating the underlying yt-dlp engine. The VPS deployment enables downloading videos at full datacenter speeds rather than home internet upload limitations, storing files on VPS storage for later retrieval or streaming rather than consuming local device storage immediately. Self-hosting eliminates the privacy concerns of commercial download services that log requested URLs, potentially exposing viewing interests to data brokers or creating records of downloaded content that could prove problematic. For users in regions where ISPs throttle or monitor video platform traffic, VPS deployment routes downloads through datacenter connections that may avoid residential traffic shaping policies. The persistent storage maintains download history and completed files across sessions, enabling queuing large playlist downloads that continue processing even when the browser closes, with files waiting for retrieval whenever convenient rather than requiring continuous browser sessions during lengthy downloads.