Looking for an alternative to Ctaylor86 MCP Video Download Server? Whether you need a different runtime environment, custom authentication support, or alternative API integrations in the Multimedia Process ecosystem, we have cataloged and compared the top alternative MCP servers below.
Deployed as a hosted service (optimized for one-click Smithery.ai deployment with your own S3/R2 credentials), this server wraps yt-dlp to download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and 1000+ other platforms, uploading the result to S3-compatible storage and returning a public URL instead of a local file. Beyond full video downloads, it can extract just the audio track, a clean text transcript, or a thumbnail, along with video metadata.
Direct comparison of key metrics, runtimes, authentication methods, and community popularity.
| Server Name | Runtime | Auth | Pricing | GitHub Stars | Downloads | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Other | Free | 1 | — | Current | |
| — | No auth required | Free | 77 | 3 | Compare → | |
N Notch | Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | 12 | Compare → |
| — | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 6 | 10 | Compare → | |
| uvx | No auth required | Freemium | 2,170 | — | Compare → | |
| uvx | No auth required | Free | 30 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | No auth required | Free | 2 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | API key | Freemium | 6 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | API key | Paid | 1 | — | Compare → | |
| uvx | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 55 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 9 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | No auth required | Free | 13 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | API key | Free | 214 | — | Compare → |