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Check a GitHub repo, an npm package or a PyPI package: archived, renamed, moved to a successor, deprecated, or simply abandoned. If it is, we suggest maintained, licence-cleared alternatives from JustClaw-It.
ytdl-org/youtube-dl: Alive
- No archive, rename, move or deprecation signal found.
| Repository | ytdl-org/youtube-dl |
| Last push | 2026-11-06 (2 days ago) |
Based on live GitHub data from 2026-11-09 01:31 UTC and our weekly dead/moved check of 2026-11-08.
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How do you decide a package is dead?
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