Open-source SDKs, agent tools and automation integrations for getting YouTube transcripts into software. Everything here calls the GetYouTubeTranscript API, which returns a video's transcript (with optional timestamps), plus search, channel and playlist listings, over plain HTTPS. API reference: getyoutubetranscript.com/docs, OpenAPI spec: getyoutubetranscript.com/openapi.json.
- A few transcripts from your own machine: the free open-source library jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api works well. Libraries like it fetch directly from YouTube, and developers commonly report requests being blocked once code runs from cloud or datacenter IPs.
- A server, serverless function or agent that needs transcripts reliably: a hosted API is the usual answer. The packages below wrap ours.
- An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code): use the MCP server or the agent skill.
- Comparing every option, ours and others: see awesome-youtube-transcripts, a curated list of libraries, hosted APIs, MCP servers, speech-to-text tools and apps.
| Use it from | Repo | Install |
|---|---|---|
| Python | youtube-transcript-api-python | pip install getyoutubetranscript |
| JavaScript / TypeScript | youtube-transcript-api-node | npm install @tubeagentkit/getyoutubetranscript |
| Any language (REST, OpenAPI, curl examples) | youtube-transcript-api | none, HTTP |
| MCP clients (remote server) | youtube-mcp | https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp |
| Agent skill (Claude Code, Codex and others) | youtube-transcript-skills | npx skills add tubeagentkit/youtube-transcript-skills --skill youtube-transcript |
| Cursor | youtube-transcript-cursor-plugin | plugin bundle |
| Vercel AI SDK | ai-sdk-getyoutubetranscript | npm install @tubeagentkit/ai-sdk |
| LangChain (Python) | langchain-getyoutubetranscript | pip install langchain-getyoutubetranscript |
| LangChain (JavaScript) | langchain-getyoutubetranscript-js | npm install @tubeagentkit/langchain-getyoutubetranscript |
| LlamaIndex | llama-index-readers-getyoutubetranscript | pip install llama-index-readers-getyoutubetranscript |
| Haystack | getyoutubetranscript-haystack | pip install getyoutubetranscript-haystack |
| CrewAI | crewai-getyoutubetranscript | pip install crewai-getyoutubetranscript |
llm CLI |
llm-getyoutubetranscript | llm install llm-getyoutubetranscript |
| n8n | n8n-nodes-getyoutubetranscript | n8n-nodes-getyoutubetranscript (community node) |
| Activepieces | activepieces-piece-getyoutubetranscript | @tubeagentkit/piece-getyoutubetranscript |
| Dify | dify-plugin-getyoutubetranscript | plugin package |
| Zapier | zapier-getyoutubetranscript | app source |
| Make | make-getyoutubetranscript | app source |
| Apify | apify-youtube-transcript-api | Actor source |
These repositories are maintained by the team behind GetYouTubeTranscript and are MIT licensed. Issues and pull requests are welcome on any of them.