yt-dlp/yt-dlp → blackjack4494/yt-dlc

yt-dlp/yt-dlp subject · fork candidate fork of? blackjack4494/yt-dlc object · upstream base

yt-dlc-yt-dlp · status confirmed

Data verified at: 2026-09-18T19:00:28.967Z (UTC)

Conclusion status

A human reviewer approved this relationship for the exact current evidence at 2026-09-20T08:19:11.135Z (UTC). The evidence below is the basis of that decision.

Evidence suggests yt-dlp/yt-dlp is a fork of blackjack4494/yt-dlc. Human review required before publication.

Seed context: 2026-09-19 researched candidate; NOT APPROVED. New README explicitly identifies now inactive youtube-dlc as its base; continuing maintenance and release verified. Community continuation, not exclusive official successor of youtube-dl. Primary sources: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp and https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc. Raw API evidence: succession-research-20260919.json. Await normal collector ingestion; API quota exhausted.

Evidence (1)

Verbatim excerpts from official sources, whitespace-normalized. Full payloads are hashed and retained by the pipeline; collection failures never fabricate evidence.

fork_claim

The project is a fork of youtube-dl based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.

Source: Official source
Revision: d15d9a9682…
d15d9a96829bcd7c16afddc7244e2a9f95a53403
First observed: 2026-09-18T17:00:28.097Z

Observed repository facts

As of the last verified collection. These are facts about the snapshots, not activity verdicts — a low number is not a claim that a project is inactive.

Endpoint	Repo	Stars	Last push	Fork	Archived
yt-dlp/yt-dlp	yt-dlp/yt-dlp	191559	2026-09-16T07:48:51Z	no	no
blackjack4494/yt-dlc	blackjack4494/yt-dlc	3044	2021-09-27T23:12:19Z	no	no

Versions & deployment facts

Official release and package declarations, compared independently of the relationship verdict. These are not installation tests or a migration guarantee. Missing declarations mean unknown.

Version-scoped runtime comparison — literal declarations, not migration advice
yt-dlp/yt-dlp	blackjack4494/yt-dlc
Unknown: no collected package runtime declaration.	Unknown: no collected package runtime declaration.

Coverage and version-matching notes (1)

yt-dlp/yt-dlp · pyproject.toml: No matching published package version was established.

yt-dlp/yt-dlp

Release-pinned deployment declarations

Release commit · 2026.08.19 · complete

Commit: 3a08beaf031ab68f966401ead017ac81fe8486cf

Collection endpoint (may change) · Observed 2026-09-18T21:01:14.558Z

Response SHA-256: 4d9e2a81a3d35fec9bf1545b497f7a16178f89282a960a03ff3323586859fb5f

Release tree · 2026.08.19 · complete

Commit: 3a08beaf031ab68f966401ead017ac81fe8486cf

Collection endpoint (may change) · Observed 2026-09-18T21:01:14.558Z

File search coverage: selected_manifest_names. Only selected manifest filenames were searched; fixtures and vendored dependency directories are excluded. Unlisted declarations remain unknown.

Response SHA-256: 6417964c9301beb094079dcf39679d91917c447fab515b74261e29c63d26e3e3

pyproject.toml · 2026.08.19 · complete

Commit: 3a08beaf031ab68f966401ead017ac81fe8486cf

Commit-pinned source · Observed 2026-09-18T21:01:14.558Z

File context: unspecified. Package version in file: not declared.

Runtime declaration in this file

{
  "python": ">=3.10"
}

Services and dependency roles

No service declarations extracted from this file; production requirements remain unknown.

Container configuration

Dynamic or tool-specific Python metadata is not resolved.

Response SHA-256: b229c1dd27c54b956bae516a5e1a66b1b92694d1f1d2a4c4e516465b3c94230d

bundle/docker/compose.yml · 2026.08.19 · complete

Commit: 3a08beaf031ab68f966401ead017ac81fe8486cf

Commit-pinned source · Observed 2026-09-18T21:01:14.558Z

File context: unspecified. Package version in file: not declared.

Runtime declaration in this file

Not declared / unknown