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Self-host Pinchflat on DockHive
Your next YouTube media manager
Pinchflat is a self-hosted app for downloading YouTube content built using yt-dlp. It's designed to be lightweight, self-contained, and easy to use. You set up rules for how to download content from YouTube channels or playlists and it'll do the rest, periodically checking for new content.
- From Micro · about $2/month always on
- Media & Photos
- Pinchflat website ↗
Deploy Pinchflat in one click
- 1 Open the App MarketplaceSign in to the DockHive console and open HivePods → App Marketplace, or follow the install link on this page.
- 2 Pick PinchflatSearch for Pinchflat or find it under Media & Photos, then choose a size (Micro or larger) and the region closest to you.
- 3 InstallClick Install. Pinchflat is usually running in about a minute.
- 4 Open itOpen your pod's address to finish setting up Pinchflat.
Running Pinchflat on DockHive
Smallest size
Pinchflat needs at least a Micro HivePod (about $2 a month if it runs all the time). Smaller sizes can't be picked for it. It is billed by the hour while it runs, from your plan's included vCPU-hours first, and a stopped pod costs nothing.
Its own HTTPS address
Pinchflat gets its own HTTPS address as soon as it's running. You can also serve it on your own domain: add the domain to the pod and the certificate is issued automatically.
Your data and backups
Pinchflat's data stays on the pod's disk and survives restarts. HivePod backups include all of it, and restoring a backup brings back the same app with the same data.
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Questions about hosting Pinchflat
How do I self-host Pinchflat on DockHive?
Open HivePods → App Marketplace in the DockHive console, pick Pinchflat, choose a size and a region and click Install. It runs in its own HivePod at its own HTTPS address, usually in about a minute.
How much does it cost to run Pinchflat?
An app pod is billed like any HivePod: by the hour while it runs, from your plan's included vCPU-hours first. Pinchflat needs at least a Micro pod, which is about $2 a month if it runs all the time. A stopped pod costs nothing.
Where is my Pinchflat data kept?
On the pod's disk, in the region you picked. It survives restarts, HivePod backups include it, and restoring a backup brings back the same app with the same data.
Can I put Pinchflat on my own domain?
Yes. Add your domain on the pod's Custom domains card, create the CNAME and TXT records it shows at your DNS provider, and the HTTPS certificate is issued once the domain is verified.
Is Pinchflat made by DockHive?
No. Pinchflat is an open-source project by its own developers; see github.com/kieraneglin/pinchflat#readme for its documentation. DockHive's App Marketplace installs and runs it for you.
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Pinchflat is an open-source project by its own developers, who own its name. DockHive is not affiliated with it; the App Marketplace installs and runs it for you.
Run Pinchflat in about a minute
Sign in, open the App Marketplace and click Install. Stop the pod whenever you like: a stopped pod costs nothing.