Is YTDL R safe and trustworthy?

tashan scores YTDL R on public evidence — tashan score 45.0/100, it is currently active, note: a single primary maintainer (bus-factor risk), no known advisories against the current release, it runs a script at install time. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install YTDL R?

In Claude Code: run `claude mcp add rytdl -- npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl`. In Cursor / Claude Desktop, add it to mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json.

‹ The Index

YTDL R

npm

yt-dlp search, download, metadata, delivery, and Plex workflows over MCP and CLI.

Works with: Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cline, Windsurf, VS Code (installable)
installable: each client documents how to load an MCP server of this type — that is the client's promise, not a claim verified against this capability

Install (Claude Code):

claude mcp add rytdl -- npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl

deep

“23 tools documented (youtube_download, youtube_plex_playlist…); 6 worked examples; setup and auth covered; states a limit — “The Android YouTube client fixes common This…”; read with 1 linked doc(s)”

This grade is wrong ›

tashan score: 45.0
Instruction depth: 90.0 (deep — documents every tool, with worked examples, setup and a stated limitation)
Adoption: 84/wk
Upkeep: 48.0
Freshness: 86.0
Evidence coverage: 100% of the inputs this score can use
Health: active
License: AGPL-3.0-only

Security audit

Every finding is shown in full — which advisory, the version that fixes it, and the exact command run at install time. Nothing in this audit is behind a licence.

No known advisoriesclearchecked against OSV for 1.1.0 — this package, not its dependency tree

Runs a script at install timecodenode scripts/install.js

No access inferred from declared dependenciesnothing it depends on reaches files, shell or network. This reads declarations only — built-in APIs are invisible to it, so absence of a declaration is not absence of access

Signed build provenancepublished from public CI with an attestation

What changed recently

2026-08-15 rytdl published 1.1.0, was 1.0.4 A new release is available.

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We recorded 1 change to YTDL R in the last 45 days. Pro tells you on the day — for the servers in your own config, not the ones you thought to look up.

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The replacement, named — not just the news that something died
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Measured 2026-09-13 · scorer s5 · how · something wrong here?