Decision Workspace
youtube-captions vs yt-transcript-rs vs ydl-lib
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
youtube-captions
growingv0.1.0
Allows you to get the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do!
47
yt-transcript-rs
experimentalv0.1.8
A Rust library for fetching and working with YouTube video transcripts
44
ydl-lib
experimentalv0.2.0
A fast, reliable YouTube subtitle downloader library written in Rust
Core Metrics
| youtube-captions | yt-transcript-rs | ydl-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 47 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 2.6K | 6.0K | 892 |
| 30d Downloads | 38 | 461 | 26 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Releases | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 1037d ago | 276d ago | 209d ago |
| Age | 2y 10m | 10m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
youtube-captions
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
yt-transcript-rs
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
ydl-lib
Maintenance
9
Quality
11
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| youtube-captions | yt-transcript-rs | ydl-lib | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.8 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 22 | 16 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 119KB | 37KB |
| Features | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •yt-transcript-rs leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ youtube-captions has not been updated in over a year.