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HardSun

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Registered: 2025-07-29

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yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

Wasnt sure where to post this as its not really a devuan concern, but im sure yt-dlp users who download from youtube would want to know.

I use the yt-dlp_linux binary yt-dlp offer on github, going forward with the next release you will need deno or another JS runtime to make it work alongside the binary or however else you install yt-dlp.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404

Last edited by HardSun (2025-10-25 05:57:10)

Ron

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Registered: 2018-04-22

Posts: 541  

Re: yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

I'm neither an expert nor clueless on things like this . . . but, I'm wondering, does adding something like deno or node to your system make it less secure? Also, I didn't see anywhere on the link above that it will be needed on the next release of yt-dlp.

HardSun

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Registered: 2025-07-29

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Re: yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

im not sure about security of any JS framework to bundled alongside yt-dlp, that will need to be researched.

the releases page has more info about when it will be needed.
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releas … 2025.10.22

Ron

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Registered: 2018-04-22

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Re: yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

Okay, thanks. And thanks for the heads up on yt-dlp.

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

Posts: 486  

Re: yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

just tried this yesterday on a fresh installation of devuan 4.0

the old routine with pip would no longer function, since yt/dlp now expects python3.10 as minimum.

there is a backport found here https://community.home-assistant.io/t/h … e/528439/1

and it would function with the current version of yt/dlp that makes use of it<
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releas … -dlp_linux

see what the future brings, hopefully we can move on from yt/dlp soon.

stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn

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Registered: 2023-11-27

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Re: yt-dlp to depend on deno or another supported JavaScript runtime

yt-dlp users should probably familiarize themselves with:

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404

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