Decision Workspace
yt-transcript-rs vs ydl-lib vs youtube-captions
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
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
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!
Core Metrics
| yt-transcript-rs | ydl-lib | youtube-captions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 44 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 6.0K | 892 | 2.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 454 | 25 | 36 |
| Dependents | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Releases | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 276d ago | 209d ago | 1037d ago |
| Age | 10m | 7m | 2y 10m |
Health Breakdown
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
youtube-captions
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| yt-transcript-rs | ydl-lib | youtube-captions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.8 | 0.2.0 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 22 | 16 | 14 |
| Crate Size | 119KB | 37KB | 8KB |
| Features | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| 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.