install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install yutu

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id eat-pray-ai.yutu -e

Windows Package Manager source index · eat-pray-ai.yutu · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

MCP server and CLI for YouTube

Project links

Commands and aliases

yutu

history

Project history and usage

yutu is a Go-based CLI, MCP server, and AI-agent toolkit for YouTube workflows. Its README positions it around uploading and optimizing videos, managing comments, playlists, captions, thumbnails, analytics-related APIs, and channel operations through both command-line and agent interfaces.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in May 2023. By the 2026 README, the project had expanded beyond a simple YouTube utility into a combined CLI, MCP server, skill, and agent package distributed through GitHub releases, Homebrew, WinGet, npm, Docker, and Go install workflows.

The project sits in the post-MCP tooling wave: the README foregrounds its MCP server and agent modes, with Google OAuth setup as the prerequisite for delegated YouTube operations.

Adoption history

Public GitHub metadata showed hundreds of stars by July 2026, making it visible but still young compared with long-lived YouTube automation tools. Its adoption signal is mostly in packaging breadth and AI-tooling integration rather than long historical deployment.

How it is used

Users create a Google Cloud project, enable YouTube APIs, download OAuth desktop credentials as client_secret.json, run yutu auth, and then use the generated youtube.token.json for later commands. The README also documents environment variables for overriding credential and token paths.

Practical use cases include YouTube upload automation, metadata and playlist management, comment operations, caption and watermark tasks, and exposing these capabilities to MCP clients or the project's own agent mode.

Why package nerds care

yutu is notable as an example of a media CLI being repackaged for agentic workflows. It is not just a YouTube uploader; in package-index terms it shows how command-line tools are becoming MCP servers and agent backends while still needing ordinary package-manager distribution.

Timeline

2023-05-20: GitHub repository is created.
2026: README describes yutu as a CLI, MCP server, skill, and AI agent for YouTube workflows.
2026-07-02: GitHub metadata shows active repository updates on the day of this enrichment run.

Related projects

YouTube Data API v3 is the required Google API for core yutu operations.
YouTube Analytics API and YouTube Reporting API are optional APIs named by the README for extended workflows.
MCP clients are a target integration surface for yutu's server mode.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: client_secret.jsonyoutube.token.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`yutu`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.10.9

manager updated2026-06-21

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.10.9

https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:yutu
Version	0.10.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/yutu
Homepage	https://yutu.ifor.dev
Repository	https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu
Upstream docs	https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/archive/refs/tags/v0.10.9.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-21T13:01:05Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	yutu
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

eat-pray-ai.yutu

winget install --id eat-pray-ai.yutu -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Yutu

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: eat-pray-ai.yutu from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/yutu.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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