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6/15/2026

Built Vidilearn — a production-grade CLI for extracting YouTube transcripts, subtitles, articles & structured metadata locally with zero API keys
Short summary
Vidilearn is a free CLI tool for extracting YouTube transcripts, subtitles, chapters, and metadata locally without API keys. Supports MCP servers and integrates with AI agents and RAG pipelines. Open-source project available on GitHub.
- •Free CLI tool for offline YouTube metadata extraction
- •Zero API keys required; supports MCP servers and AI agents
- •Integrates with Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, and RAG pipelines
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