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tube-bridge MCP Server

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tube-bridge runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 106 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 26 Aug 2026.

YouTube MCP server for search, transcripts, frames, comments, channels, and local semantic corpora.

Installs per day peak 54 · avg 17 · -37% w/w
a month agotoday
106
Installs / week
pypi · tube-bridge
0
Stars
0 open issues
26 Aug 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 10 d ago · rules ccca72095570

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.

            result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YOUTUBE_API_KEY (Optional YouTube Data API v3 key for comments, channel tools, and higher-quality search.), TUBE_BRIDGE_PROXY (Optional HTTP(S) or SOCKS proxy URL for yt-dlp and transcript requests.), TUBE_BRIDGE_CACHE (Optional directory for cache and corpus databases.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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tube-bridge — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for tube-bridge?
tube-bridge 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 tube-bridge was installed 106 times last week.
How do I connect tube-bridge?
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 tube-bridge straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use tube-bridge?
The pypi package tube-bridge was installed 106 times in the last week. Week over week that is -37%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is tube-bridge open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 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.