iv-org/invidious
Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 6 days ago, with 273 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #95 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 9, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an open source alternative front-end to YouTube that enables video watching without ads or tracking.
- Offers a lightweight, privacy-focused experience with no JavaScript required and independent subscriptions from Google.
- Use for watching YouTube videos without ads and tracking on low-resource devices or slow connections.
- Use for importing and exporting YouTube subscriptions and watch history to maintain continuity across platforms.
- Use for hosting a self-managed video front-end instance to customize user experience and control data privacy.
Should you depend on it?
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License
AGPL 3.0
Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.
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From the README
An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+2,962 stars over 74 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +154 on Sep 2.
Forks
2.9K+298
Open issues
476-3
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