ytfinall v1.0.0

First tagged release. ytfinall is a self-hosted YouTube → Jellyfin downloader with per-user libraries, a web UI, and a companion browser extension.

Features

Multi-user

• Every Jellyfin user gets their own isolated library, sources, and retention rules
• First user to log in becomes admin
• Admin-set caps on lookback days and max retention
• Per-user storage stats in the admin panel

Downloads

• yt-dlp backend with configurable resolution, container format, sleep intervals, and extra flags
• Channels, playlists, or single videos
• One-off video support with no date filter
• Rate-limit-friendly pacing with Deno-based JS challenge handling
• Archive-based skip, automatic retries, background scheduling

Jellyfin integration

• Auto-creates a Jellyfin library per user on first login
• Channel avatars downloaded as poster.jpg
• Channel names written as tvshow.nfo (clean display name)
• Episode NFOs generated from .info.json with description trimming
• Jellyfin metadata writer disabled so NFOs are never overwritten
• sYYYYeMMDD filename pattern matches Jellyfin's parser

Web UI

• Mobile-responsive layout
• Live log viewer in admin settings
• Live progress bars for active downloads
• Cookie upload for age-restricted content
• Admin controls: clear archive, retrigger scans, per-user stats

Browser extension

• Microsoft Edge Add-ons: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ytfinall-connector/hdfpngaekagheekoajkjhdjoomppmlhj
• Firefox Add-ons (AMO): pending review
• Chrome Web Store: not available due to download policy — manual install instructions in the README

Installation

git clone https://github.com/jnracreates/ytfinall.git
cd ytfinall
cp .env.example .env
nano .env   # set MEDIA_PATH, APP_DATA_PATH, CONFIG_PATH, JELLYFIN_CONFIG_PATH
docker compose up -d