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YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts

Completely free - no charge per transcript, ever. Clean timestamped transcripts from any YouTube video: watch links, youtu.be, Shorts, embeds or bare IDs. Reads YouTube's own first-party player endpoint - no API key, no cookies. Full text, per-line segments, language, word count.

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YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

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YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts API in Python

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YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts OpenAPI definition

YouTube Transcript API - 100% Free, Unlimited Transcripts API

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Extract YouTube transcripts, captions, subtitles, and timestamped transcript segments from YouTube URLs, Shorts, or video IDs. No YouTube API key required. Residential proxy enabled. Use from Apify Console or API.

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Turn any YouTube video, playlist, or channel into RAG-ready data: clean transcript, timestamped segments, AI chapters, summary, key quotes, and embeddings-ready chunks. Built for AI agents and RAG pipelines.

WebDataLabs

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fit_melon/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts, subtitles and captions without an API key. Bulk videos, playlists and channels. Output timestamped segments, LLM-ready text, readable paragraphs, SRT and VTT. Resilient multi-client engine with automatic residential fallback. Free — you only pay Apify usage.

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YouTube Transcript API

glassventures/youtube-transcript-api

Extract transcripts, captions, and subtitles from YouTube videos. Supports 100+ languages, auto-generated captions, SRT/VTT export, playlists, and channels.

Glass Ventures

YouTube Transcript API for Agents (pay per success)

outspoken_sitkaspruce/transcriptd

YouTube transcripts for AI agents: JSON/text/SRT with timestamps. Charged ONLY on delivered transcript - no captions or dead video = no charge. Residential proxy built in; reliable at 1,000+ videos/run.

Omar Kurbanov

YouTube Transcript & Subtitle Scraper API — Captions + Metadata

herus13/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts, subtitles, and captions with timestamps plus video metadata (title, channel, views, duration). For RAG, analysis, and content workflows. No official API key needed.

bootforge

Actor Youtube Transcript

foudhil/actor-youtube-transcript

Extract transcripts from any YouTube video — no API key needed. Supports batch processing, parallel fetching, auto-retry with residential proxies, and multi-language captions. Output is LLM-ready Markdown, built for RAG pipelines, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and AI automation workflows.

Foudhil Riahi

YouTube Transcript Scraper - Bulk + Multi-language

dltik/youtube-transcript-scraper

Extract YouTube transcripts in bulk: any public video, manual + auto-generated captions, multi-language fallback. Outputs full text + segments with timestamps. HTTP-only, no API key. Pay $0.005/transcript.