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YTDL RMCP MCP Server

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YTDL RMCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 25 Aug 2026.

Rust MCP server and CLI for yt-dlp search, downloads, metadata, transfers, and Plex playlists.

Installs per day peak 405 · avg 55 · -37% w/w
a month agotoday
Installs / week
npm · ytdl-rmcp
2
Stars
0 open issues
25 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
AGPL-3.0
License
Rust

What changed 41

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 9 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check YTDL RMCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ytdl-rmcp -- npx -y ytdl-rmcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ytdl-rmcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ytdl-rmcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ytdl-rmcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "ytdl-rmcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ytdl-rmcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ytdl-rmcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ytdl-rmcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ytdl-rmcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YTDLP_PLEX_URL (Optional Plex server URL for playlist and Plex sync workflows.), YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN (Optional Plex token for playlist and Plex sync workflows.), YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY (Optional AcoustID client key for identification and auto-retagging workflows.), YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION (Optional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded YTDL RMCP binary.), YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL (Optional release download base URL override.), RUST_LOG (Tracing filter for YTDL RMCP logs.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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YTDL RMCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for YTDL RMCP?
YTDL RMCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package ytdl-rmcp.
How do I connect YTDL RMCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls ytdl-rmcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
Is YTDL RMCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Rust and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.