name: onnex-youtube version: 4.2.2 description: "YouTube transcripts, 4K downloads, and video exploration. Onnex-owned fork of youtube-ultimate. Security reviewed before install." metadata: openclaw: owner: onnex category: media tags: - youtube - transcripts - video-download - media license: MIT upstream: youtube-ultimate@4.2.2 notes: security: "Onnex-reviewed fork. Only calls googleapis.com and YouTube directly. No credentials stored beyond standard OAuth token. subprocess used only for yt-dlp with hardcoded safe arguments. No eval, no exfiltration."

onnex-youtube

Onnex-owned, security-reviewed fork of youtube-ultimate by globalcaos.

Upstream is monitored daily -- changes are security-audited before being ported here.

What It Does

• Transcripts -- Full transcript from any YouTube URL. No API quota, no billing.
• 4K Downloads -- Save videos locally via yt-dlp.
• Video Exploration -- Search, video details, channel info, comments, playlists.
• Frame Analysis -- Combine with the video-frames skill for diagram/visual extraction.

Usage

uv run youtube.py transcript <URL>                  # Full transcript
uv run youtube.py transcript <URL> --timestamps     # With timestamps
uv run youtube.py download <URL> -o ~/Videos        # Download video
uv run youtube.py search "query" -l 10              # Search
uv run youtube.py video <URL>                       # Video details

Security Notes

Reviewed 2026-03-04 by Oppy. Upstream: youtube-ultimate v4.2.2 (globalcaos).