ChannelHoarder

Overview

ChannelHoarder is a self-hosted video channel archiver with a modern web UI. Monitor and automatically download videos from YouTube, Rumble, Twitch, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and Odysee. Videos are saved in Plex-compatible TV Show format (Channel / Season Year / S01E01 - Title). Features a built-in PO token server so no YouTube account or cookies are required. Includes real-time download progress, per-channel quality settings, Shorts filtering, Telegram/Pushover notifications, and import support for existing video libraries.

Runtime arguments

Web UI: http://[IP]:[PORT:8000]
Network: bridge
Privileged: false
Extra Params: --init

Template configuration

Web UI PortPorttcp

Web interface port. Access the UI at http://your-server-ip:8587

Target: 8000
Default: 8587
Value: 8587

ConfigPathrw

Configuration, database, and settings storage

Target: /config
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/channelhoarder
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/channelhoarder

DownloadsPathrw

Video download directory. Point your Plex TV Shows library here.

Target: /downloads
Default: /mnt/user/data/media/youtube
Value: /mnt/user/data/media/youtube

Cookies Watch DirPathrw

Optional: drop an updated cookies.txt here and it will be picked up automatically

Target: /cookies
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/channelhoarder/cookies

Extra Media PathPathrw

Optional: additional host path for per-channel custom download directories outside /downloads

Target: /media

PUIDVariable

User ID for file permissions. Use 99 for nobody on Unraid.

Default: 99
Value: 99

PGIDVariable

Group ID for file permissions. Use 100 for users on Unraid.

Default: 100
Value: 100

TZVariable

Timezone (e.g. America/New_York, America/Chicago, Europe/London)

Default: America/New_York
Value: America/New_York

LOG_LEVELVariable

Logging level (debug, info, warning, error)

Default: info
Value: info

YouTube API KeyVariable

Optional: YouTube Data API v3 key for faster and more reliable channel discovery

Target: YOUTUBE_API_KEY

PO Token ServerVariable

Enable built-in PO token server for YouTube authentication (recommended)

Target: POT_SERVER_ENABLED
Default: true
Value: true

Links

Template Support Registry Project

Details

Repository

ghcr.io/sworcery/channelhoarder:latest

Registry

https://github.com/sworcery/ChannelHoarder/pkgs/container/channelhoarder

Last Updated2026-06-01

First Seen2026-04-06

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