YouTube MCP by UnClick MCP Server

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YouTube MCP by UnClick runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 53 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Search YouTube and get video, channel, playlist, and caption details. By UnClick.

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained.

Installs per day peak 10 · avg 3 · +308% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @unclick/youtube-mcp

Stars

21 open issues

14 Sep 2026

Last commit

no releases in 90 days

AGPL-3.0

License

TypeScript

This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube -- npx -y @unclick/youtube-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@unclick/youtube-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@unclick/youtube-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@unclick/youtube-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@unclick/youtube-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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YouTube MCP by UnClick — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for YouTube MCP by UnClick?

YouTube MCP by UnClick 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 @unclick/youtube-mcp was installed 53 times last week.

Is YouTube MCP by UnClick still maintained?

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect YouTube MCP by UnClick?

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 @unclick/youtube-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use YouTube MCP by UnClick?

The npm package @unclick/youtube-mcp was installed 53 times in the last week. Week over week that is +308%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is YouTube MCP by UnClick open source?

Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 4 stars on GitHub and 21 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.