Invidious
| Project Name | Stars | Downloads | Repos Using This | Packages Using This | Most Recent Commit | Total Releases | Latest Release | Open Issues | License | Language |
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| Newpipe | 26,324 | a day ago | 1,229 | gpl-3.0 | Java | |||||
| A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android. | ||||||||||
| Invidious | 13,441 | a day ago | 449 | agpl-3.0 | Crystal | |||||
| Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube | ||||||||||
| Android Youtube Player | 3,244 | 8 | a day ago | 5 | August 02, 2023 | 193 | mit | Kotlin | ||
| YouTube Player library for Android and Chromecast, stable and customizable. | ||||||||||
| Xcdyoutubekit | 2,855 | 148 | 2 years ago | 46 | October 27, 2020 | 46 | mit | Objective-C | ||
| YouTube video player for iOS, tvOS and macOS | ||||||||||
| Youtube | 2,745 | a day ago | 381 | other | JavaScript | |||||
| [Top~3 YouTube Extension][🧰90 lean Features📌consistent (set & forget)📌Longest-standing](👨👩👧👧🧩Please help) "Enrich your YouTube- & Video-experience & -choice" ⋮⚙️🎛️☕🎧🎞️📈🎨⏯️🎬🔊 youtube playback, content discovery, player, extra buttons no distractions related videos shorts ads; quality codec; full tab full screen | ||||||||||
| Youtube Transcript Api | 1,848 |  | 5 | 37 | 9 days ago | 22 | October 26, 2022 | 14 | mit | Python |
| This is a python API which allows you to get the transcript/subtitles for a given YouTube video. It also works for automatically generated subtitles and it does not require an API key nor a headless browser, like other selenium based solutions do! | ||||||||||
| Miniblog.core | 1,418 | a month ago | 4 | October 31, 2017 | 59 | other | JavaScript | |||
| An ASP.NET Core blogging engine | ||||||||||
| Youtube Viewer | 1,293 | 13 days ago | 55 | mit | Python | |||||
| A multithreaded view bot for YouTube | ||||||||||
| Jquery.mb.ytplayer | 1,231 |  | 17 | 2 | 2 years ago | 24 | December 04, 2020 | 36 | JavaScript | |
| use a custom yutube player for a video as background on jQuery framework | ||||||||||
| Youtubesourceparserkit | 667 | 4 years ago | 14 | October 15, 2015 | 16 | mit | Swift | |||
| YouTube link parser for swift | ||||||||||
Invidious
An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
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Features
User features
- Lightweight
- No ads
- No tracking
- No JavaScript required
- Light/Dark themes
- Customizable homepage
- Subscriptions independent from Google
- Notifications for all subscribed channels
- Audio-only mode (with background play on mobile)
- Support for Reddit comments
- Available in many languages, thanks to our translators
Data import/export
- Import subscriptions from YouTube, NewPipe and Freetube
- Import watch history from YouTube and NewPipe
- Export subscriptions to NewPipe and Freetube
- Import/Export Invidious user data
Technical features
- Embedded video support
- Developer API
- Does not use official YouTube APIs
- No Contributor License Agreement (CLA)
Quick start
Using invidious:
- Select a public instance from the list and start watching videos right now!
Hosting invidious:
Documentation
The full documentation can be accessed online at https://docs.invidious.io/
The documentation's source code is available in this repository: iv-org/documentation
Extensions
We highly recommend the use of Privacy Redirect, a browser extension that automatically redirects Youtube URLs to any Invidious instance and replaces embedded youtube videos on other websites with invidious.
The documentation contains a list of browser extensions that we recommended to use along with Invidious.
You can read more here: https://docs.invidious.io/applications/
Contribute
Code
- Fork it ( https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/fork ).
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature). - Stage your files (
git add .). - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'). - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature). - Create a new pull request ( https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/compare ).
Translations
We use Weblate to manage Invidious translations.
You can suggest new translations and/or correction here: https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/invidious/.
Creating an account is not required, but recommended, especially if you want to contribute regularly. Weblate also allows you to log-in with major SSO providers like Github, Gitlab, BitBucket, Google, ...
Projects using Invidious
- FreeTube: A libre software YouTube app for privacy.
- CloudTube: A JavaScript-rich alternate YouTube player.
- PeerTubeify: On YouTube, displays a link to the same video on PeerTube, if it exists.
- MusicPiped: A material design music player that streams music from YouTube.
- HoloPlay: Progressive Web App connecting on Invidious API's with search, playlists and favorites.
- WatchTube: Powerful YouTube client for Apple Watch.
- Yattee: Alternative YouTube frontend for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
- TubiTui: A lightweight, libre, TUI-based YouTube client.
- Ytfzf: A posix script to find and watch youtube videos from the terminal. (Without API).
- Playlet: Unofficial Youtube client for Roku TV.
- Clipious: Unofficial Invidious client for Android.
Liability
We take no responsibility for the use of our tool, or external instances provided by third parties. We strongly recommend you abide by the valid official regulations in your country. Furthermore, we refuse liability for any inappropriate use of Invidious, such as illegal downloading. This tool is provided to you in the spirit of free, open software.
You may view the LICENSE in which this software is provided to you here.
- Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
