diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
index 86bf6e006f58..1b9ada373512 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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 DIST yt-dlp-2025.10.14.tar.gz 6024964 BLAKE2B 25219b923be0f2368061fcdc88545f99150b6a9568e423280ffb0404eeaef2134549d627af19b72bb842b657c6023238d821caba7713d1deb78722631ce73629 SHA512 bbf0b5fd986f0cd5a90b8b30498b5d57c1afd0fbf78adf7731b04498cd3180d06637f7044e67c7eb6aaf36b5a2ec2b7cee64baa1ad2730c340304699cb048936
 DIST yt-dlp-2025.10.22.tar.gz 6025669 BLAKE2B 48b476c52fe44f8d26c7779f75750d93d42ce05bdad2d20a9a8bc1a57b08a375ddc3f26ee56d28b9fa14b94de33f124cce312f2711f3b3424902035e65d6628d SHA512 3540af6c8594014d7b7b4594ff427b23e614a75baf23b3f55292f1f65bb42c32000007f63df9202d91aa6254d5db01db64d8010540637e57af5d44ffef92b8b1
+DIST yt-dlp-2025.11.12.tar.gz 6139146 BLAKE2B ed6948b6046c8e52e69075432dfb664ed25f582ab176685370138bbc2a1f7732fe618e5b823b810b1810438eddfff4e7eb4650ffc6119ffb0cbe9c517120ec68 SHA512 33a4953ca01eed493bad66c45c54a3d9efc1ef531732c3db0b9d4f69a09aa39cf2356e749a3b4fe39befeab89ca245df7b3054bbd525129bd4e3e4b2c4665b3a
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.11.12.ebuild b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.11.12.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fcd452e4ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.11.12.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature shell-completion wrapper
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}.tar.gz
+			-> ${P}.tar.gz
+	"
+	S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
+	# note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless some
+	# major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
+	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/"
+
+LICENSE="Unlicense"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+deno"
+
+# deno is technically a optfeature, but it is needed for proper YouTube
+# support and most users would expect that to work out-of-the-box
+# (there are alternatives like nodejs but upstream disables support by
+# default due to security concerns, users are on their own for these)
+#
+# yt-dlp-ejs requires pinning due to yt-dlp checking sha512sum of .js,
+# live ebuild users may need to use the self-updater method if out of
+# sync as there are no plans for a yt-dlp-ejs live ebuild at the moment
+# (should "typically" be updated in Gentoo within 24h if willing to wait)
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	~dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs-0.3.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	deno? ( dev-lang/deno-bin )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( media-video/ffmpeg[webp] )
+"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	IUSE+=" man"
+	BDEPEND+=" man? ( virtual/pandoc )"
+fi
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_compile() {
+	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+		# generate missing files in live, not in compile_all nor prepare
+		# given need lazy before compile and it needs a usable ${PYTHON}
+		emake completions lazy-extractors $(usev man yt-dlp.1)
+
+		"${EPYTHON}" devscripts/update-version.py || die
+	fi
+
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# fails with FEATURES=network-sandbox
+		test/test_networking.py::TestHTTPRequestHandler::test_connect_timeout
+		# fails with FEATURES=distcc, bug #915614
+		test/test_networking.py::TestYoutubeDLNetworking::test_proxy\[None-expected2\]
+		# websockets tests break easily depending on dev-python/websockets
+		# version and, as far as I know, most users do not use/need it --
+		# thus being neither in RDEPEND nor optfeature (bug #940630,#950030)
+		test/test_websockets.py
+	)
+
+	epytest -m 'not download'
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	dodoc README.md Changelog.md supportedsites.md
+
+	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+		use man && doman yt-dlp.1
+	else
+		doman yt-dlp.1
+		rm -r -- "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/yt_dlp || die
+	fi
+
+	dobashcomp completions/bash/yt-dlp
+	dofishcomp completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish
+	dozshcomp completions/zsh/_yt-dlp
+
+	make_wrapper youtube-dl "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "various features (merging tracks, streamed content)" media-video/ffmpeg
+	has_version media-video/atomicparsley || # allow fallback but don't advertise
+		optfeature "embedding metadata thumbnails in MP4/M4A files" media-libs/mutagen
+	optfeature "decrypting cookies from Chromium-based browsers" dev-python/secretstorage
+
+	if [[ ! ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
+		elog
+		elog 'A wrapper using "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl" was installed'
+		elog 'as "youtube-dl". This is strictly for compatibility and it is'
+		elog 'recommended to use "yt-dlp" directly, it may be removed in the future.'
+	fi
+
+	if use !deno; then
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "USE=deno is disabled, using ${PN} with some websites like YouTube may"
+		ewarn "not function properly. If your profile does not allow enabling this USE,"
+		ewarn "can use net-libs/nodejs instead but it is disabled by default due to"
+		ewarn "security(!) concerns and requires manually passing '--js-runtimes node'"
+		ewarn "(to be permanent: echo '--js-runtimes node' >> ~/.config/yt-dlp/config)"
+	fi
+}