Decision Workspace
invidious vs youtubei vs youtubei-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
invidious
growingv0.7.8
Get information about videos from YouTube with this simple Invidious API wrapper. Does not use the YouTube API (No tokens required)
43
youtubei
experimentalv0.1.3
A Rust wrapper for YouTube's InnerTube API
41
youtubei-rs
growingv1.3.5
A asynchronous implementation of the invidious innertube aka youtubei API wrapper.
Core Metrics
| invidious | youtubei | youtubei-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 43 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 44.3K | 1.2K | 12.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 731 | 9 | 41 |
| Dependents | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 23 | 4 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 322d ago | 153d ago | 1361d ago |
| Age | 3y 11m | 7m | 3y 10m |
Health Breakdown
invidious
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
youtubei
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
youtubei-rs
Maintenance
4
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| invidious | youtubei | youtubei-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.8 | 0.1.3 | 1.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Dependencies | 9 | 21 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 40KB | 47KB | 41KB |
| Features | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •invidious leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ youtubei-rs has not been updated in over a year.
- •invidious, youtubei are pre-1.0 — API may change.