PreserveTube Offers Free YouTube Archiving with Notable Limits
PreserveTube provides a free, low-barrier way to preserve YouTube content against deletion, but its tight size, quality, and selection constraints limit its usefulness for serious archiving.
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PreserveTube is a free service that archives YouTube videos and channels by URL. It saves video files at up to 480p (360p for videos over 15 minutes) with a 100MB limit. Channel archiving is selective, saving only a fraction of uploads. The service warns against using it as a downloader or proxy. It also saves metadata and tags.
The service displays a warning on first use, stating it is for archiving internet history, not casual downloading. Videos are saved at 480p by default, dropping to 360p for longer clips, with a 100MB cap. Certain content types-movie or TV clips, AI-generated videos, and age-restricted material-cannot be saved. Channel archiving is inconsistent: a test of a channel with over 10,000 videos yielded only about 30, mostly from 2026. A search function and a 'Latest' page let users browse saved content.
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