Docker Images

Docker images have been built and pushed:

Docker Hub:

• alexta69/metube:latest
• alexta69/metube:2026.07.10

GitHub Container Registry:

• ghcr.io/alexta69/metube:latest
• ghcr.io/alexta69/metube:2026.07.10

Changes

• fix: honor OUTPUT_TEMPLATE for channel downloads (closes #1024) (e2c7778)
• upgrade dependencies (c34a18d)

• read-only demo server at https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/
• docker image ╱ similar software ╱ client testbed

there is a discord server with an @everyone in case of future important updates, such as vulnerabilities (most recently 2026-07-06)

recent important news

• v1.20.17 (2026-07-06) fixed a vuln when a volume has both filekeys and dirkeys enabled
• v1.20.17 (2026-07-06) introduced csp nonces, possibly breaking some javascript-based plugins

🧪 new features

• shadowing: filesystem-path //NULL will fully unmap a volume from the server's filesystem (no more /var/lib/empties/4 jank) 8884606

🩹 bugfixes

• fix a false-positive warning on startup 12878e6

🔧 other changes

• #1552 #1551 default-disabled the bwrap ffmpeg sandbox; 85a8cc9
  • sandboxing can fail in too many creative ways (funky linux distros with funky filesystem layouts and policies) so autoconfiguring bwrap is not feasible
  • to enable it, set use-bwrap: y after adjusting th-bwrap to match your OS/env
    • see the default th-bwrap value in --help on your server for a best-effort guess
• always rotate (never overwrite) -lo logfiles on startup unless --rlo no 29e145f
• thumbnails: save a tiny bit of I/O by not refreshing expiration-times if th-clean (expiration) is disabled anyways e15f292

🌠 fun facts

• no

⚠️ not the latest version!