Decision Workspace
youtube vs youtubei vs invidious
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
39
youtube
experimentalv0.1.1
A Rust wrapper for YouTube Data API v3
43
youtubei
experimentalv0.1.3
A Rust wrapper for YouTube's InnerTube API
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)
Core Metrics
| youtube | youtubei | invidious | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 39 | 43 | 49 |
| Total Downloads | 749 | 1.2K | 44.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 9 | 758 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Releases | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Last Updated | 223d ago | 153d ago | 322d ago |
| Age | 7m | 7m | 3y 11m |
Health Breakdown
youtube
Maintenance
8
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
youtubei
Maintenance
12
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
invidious
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| youtube | youtubei | invidious | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 0.1.3 | 0.7.8 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 21 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 27KB | 47KB | 40KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.3% |
| 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.