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GitTube MCP

MCP server for downloading videos and audio from 1000+ sites. Works with Claude, Cursor, opencode, and more.

Quick Start

Tell your LLM:

Install GitTube from https://gairxx.github.io/gittube-mcp/

Or install manually:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gairxx/gittube-mcp/main/install.sh | bash

Related MCP server: video-toolkit-mcp

Features

  • Search YouTube — find videos by query, no URL needed

  • Playlist Support — list and download entire YouTube playlists

  • 1000+ Sites — YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, TikTok, Instagram, and more

  • Video or Audio — download MP4/WebM at up to 2160p, or extract audio to MP3

  • Works Everywhere — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, opencode, Continue.dev

MCP Tools

The server exposes 6 tools to your AI agent:

Tool

Description

search

Search YouTube for videos by query

list_playlist

List all videos in a playlist

download_playlist

Download all videos in a playlist

video_info

Fetch metadata for a video URL

download_video

Download a video (quality: best/2160p/1080p/720p/480p)

download_audio

Extract audio as MP3 (quality: 320k/192k/128k)

Agent Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gittube": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["~/.gittube/mcp/server.mjs"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gittube": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["~/.gittube/mcp/server.mjs"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gittube": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["~/.gittube/mcp/server.mjs"]
    }
  }
}

opencode

Add to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "gittube": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["node", "~/.gittube/mcp/server.mjs"],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

Continue.dev

Add to ~/.continue/mcpServers.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gittube": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["~/.gittube/mcp/server.mjs"]
    }
  }
}

CLI Usage

The installer also sets up a CLI tool for direct terminal use:

# Search YouTube
gittube --search "lofi hip hop beats"

# Download video
gittube -v https://youtu.be/abc123
gittube -v 1080p https://youtu.be/abc123 ~/Movies

# Extract audio
gittube -a https://youtu.be/abc123 ~/Music/song.mp3

# Download playlist
gittube --playlist -v 1080p https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxx ~/Videos

# List playlist contents
gittube --list-playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxx

Manual Installation

From npm

npm install -g gittube-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/gairxx/gittube-mcp.git
cd gittube-mcp
npm install

How it works

GitTube MCP uses yt-dlp under the hood, which automatically downloads a standalone binary on first use. No manual yt-dlp installation required.

The MCP server communicates over stdio, making it compatible with any MCP client.

License

MIT

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