# Install yutu with Homebrew, winget MCP server and CLI for YouTube. Version 0.10.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:yutu ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install yutu ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id eat-pray-ai.yutu -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: eat-pray-ai.yutu from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:yutu - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.10.9 - **Source summary:** MCP server and CLI for YouTube - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T13:01:05Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - yutu (cli) - yutu (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.10.9 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu - Upstream latest detected: v0.10.9 (current) ## 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 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_secret.json, youtube.token.json ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - winget - eat-pray-ai.yutu: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: eat-pray-ai.yutu from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [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. - [youtubeuploader](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/youtubeuploader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, youtube. - [media-control](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/media-control/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, media. - [podsync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/podsync/) - 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. - [ccextractor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccextractor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. - [ffmate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, media. - [gallery-dl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gallery-dl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. - [gamdl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gamdl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/yutu.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/yutu.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