# Install youtubeuploader with Homebrew, Nix Scripted uploads to Youtube. Version 1.25.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:youtubeuploader ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install youtubeuploader ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#youtubeuploader ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yo/youtubeuploader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:youtubeuploader - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.25.5 - **Source summary:** Scripted uploads to Youtube - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - youtubeuploader (cli) - youtubeuploader (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.25.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/porjo/youtubeuploader - Upstream latest detected: v1.25.5 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage youtubeuploader is a Go command-line utility for scripted uploads to YouTube. Instead of downloading media, it automates the publishing side: upload a local file or URL, set metadata, manage playlists, apply thumbnails/captions, and control upload bandwidth. ### Project history The public repository was created in May 2015, in the period when YouTube Data API v3 and OAuth2 became the normal path for programmatic uploads. The README credits Google's Go YouTube API sample code and tokland/youtube-upload for playlist-update insight, placing the project in a lineage of CLI wrappers around the official YouTube API. The project evolved around the operational details that make uploads hard to script: OAuth client secrets, token caching, resumable/chunked uploads, rate limiting, metadata JSON, thumbnails, captions, playlist IDs, subscriber notification flags, and headless-server token transfer. ### Adoption history youtubeuploader serves a narrower but durable automation niche: creators, archivists, CI jobs, and media pipelines that need repeatable uploads rather than browser sessions. Third-party tutorials document it as a practical way to batch or command-line upload videos, while Homebrew and Nix package it for workstation/server installation. The README also tracks ecosystem constraints imposed by Google. It highlights the July 28, 2020 YouTube API policy that new unverified API projects have uploads restricted to private visibility, and notes quota limits that affect how many videos a default project can upload per day. ### How it is used At minimum, users run `youtubeuploader -filename blob.mp4`. First-run OAuth opens a browser and stores a request token; for a headless server, users generate the token locally and copy it with the binary and client_secrets.json. More advanced usage supplies metadata through flags or a JSON file: title, description, tags, privacy status, publish time, made-for-kids flags, playlist IDs/titles, localizations, captions, thumbnail, language, chunk size, and rate-limit windows. ### Why package nerds care youtubeuploader is useful package lore because it packages a web-console workflow as a reproducible CLI. Its hard parts are not algorithms; they are OAuth, API policy, quotas, metadata shape, and robust streaming upload behavior. It pairs naturally with schedulers, build systems, and media pipelines, which is exactly where a package-manager-installed binary beats a one-off browser session. ### Timeline - 2015-05-21: The public porjo/youtubeuploader GitHub repository is created. - 2010s: The tool builds on Google's Go YouTube API sample code and earlier youtube-upload CLI ideas. - 2020-07-28: Google changes YouTube Data API upload policy for new unverified API projects, affecting automated uploader workflows. - 2020s: youtubeuploader remains packaged for scripted workstation and server uploads. ### Related projects - Google YouTube Data API v3 is the service API that youtubeuploader wraps. - Google's Go API samples are credited as a base for the uploader. - tokland/youtube-upload is an earlier command-line uploader credited for playlist-update insight. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Credential files - Unix: client_secrets.json, request.token ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** youtubeuploader - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - youtubeuploader: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/yo/youtubeuploader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [yutu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yutu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [youtubedr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/youtubedr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, golang, media, youtube. - [movgrab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/movgrab/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [podsync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/podsync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [yewtube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yewtube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [yt-dlp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yt-dlp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [a52dec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/a52dec/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. - [aalib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aalib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/youtubeuploader.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/youtubeuploader.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph