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youtube-kit MCP Server

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youtube-kit runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 653 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

YouTube CLI and MCP server: search and read public YouTube, and manage your own channels.

Installs per day peak 695 · avg 100 · +21% w/w
a month agotoday
1 653
Installs / week
pypi · youtube-kit
3
Stars
0 open issues
25 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 9 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 youtube-kit -- uvx youtube-kit
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-kit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-kit"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.youtube-kit]
command = "uvx"
args = ["youtube-kit"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-kit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-kit"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-kit": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-kit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: YOUTUBE_CHANNEL (Channel to work on by default (UC... ID, @handle or exact title), from the ones logged in with `ytk auth login`), YOUTUBE_API_KEY (API key for public data; without one, public reads go through your login).

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youtube-kit — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for youtube-kit?
youtube-kit 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 pypi package youtube-kit was installed 1 653 times last week.
How do I connect youtube-kit?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls youtube-kit straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use youtube-kit?
The pypi package youtube-kit was installed 1 653 times in the last week. Week over week that is +21%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is youtube-kit open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 3 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.