Is yt-dlp safe to use?

yt-dlp has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (2.7.2). DepScope rates its health at 68/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of yt-dlp?

The latest version of yt-dlp is 2.7.2, released 2026-04-06.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of yt-dlp.

No, yt-dlp is actively maintained. Latest release: 2.7.2 (2026-04-06).

Popular alternatives to yt-dlp in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn, rand_core.

yt-dlp is licensed under GPL-3.0-only.

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 68/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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