# Invidious ## Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube - Audio-only mode (and no need to keep window open on mobile) - [Open-source](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) (AGPLv3 licensed) - No ads - No need to create a Google account to save subscriptions - Lightweight (homepage is ~4 KB compressed) - Tools for managing subscriptions: - Only show unseen videos - Only show latest (or latest unseen) video from each channel - Delivers notifications from all subscribed channels - Automatically redirect homepage to feed - Import subscriptions from YouTube - Dark mode - Embed support - Set default player options (speed, quality, autoplay, loop) - Does not require JS to play videos - Support for Reddit comments in place of YT comments - Import/Export subscriptions, watch history, preferences - Does not use any of the official YouTube APIs - Developer [API](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/API) Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/omarroth Patreon: https://patreon.com/omarroth BTC: 356DpZyMXu6rYd55Yqzjs29n79kGKWcYrY BCH: qq4ptclkzej5eza6a50et5ggc58hxsq5aylqut2npk ## Installation ### Docker: #### Build and start cluster: ```bash $ docker-compose up ``` And visit `localhost:3000` in your browser. #### Rebuild cluster: ```bash $ docker-compose build ``` #### Delete data and rebuild: ```bash $ docker volume rm invidious_postgresdata $ docker-compose build ``` ### Arch Linux: ```bash # Install dependencies $ sudo pacman -S shards crystal imagemagick librsvg # Setup PostgresSQL $ sudo systemctl enable postgresql $ sudo systemctl start postgresql $ sudo -i -u postgres $ createuser -s YOUR_USER_NAME $ createdb YOUR_USER_NAME $ exit # Setup Invidious $ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious $ cd invidious $ ./setup.sh $ shards $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release ``` ### On Ubuntu: ```bash # Install dependencies $ curl -sSL https://dist.crystal-lang.org/apt/setup.sh | sudo bash $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install crystal libssl-dev libxml2-dev libyaml-dev libgmp-dev libreadline-dev librsvg2-dev postgresql imagemagick libsqlite3-dev # Setup PostgreSQL $ sudo systemctl enable postgresql $ sudo systemctl start postgresql $ sudo -i -u postgres $ createuser -s YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE $ createdb YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE $ exit # Setup Invidious $ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious $ cd invidious $ ./setup.sh $ shards $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release ``` ### On OSX: ```bash # Install dependencies $ brew update $ brew install shards crystal-lang postgres imagemagick librsvg # Setup Invidious $ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious $ cd invidious $ ./setup.sh $ shards $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release ``` ## Usage: ```bash $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release $ ./invidious -h Usage: invidious [arguments] -b HOST, --bind HOST Host to bind (defaults to 0.0.0.0) -p PORT, --port PORT Port to listen for connections (defaults to 3000) -s, --ssl Enables SSL --ssl-key-file FILE SSL key file --ssl-cert-file FILE SSL certificate file -h, --help Shows this help -t THREADS, --crawl-threads=THREADS Number of threads for crawling (default: 1) -c THREADS, --channel-threads=THREADS Number of threads for refreshing channels (default: 1) -f THREADS, --feed-threads=THREADS Number of threads for refreshing feeds (default: 1) -v THREADS, --video-threads=THREADS Number of threads for refreshing videos (default: 1) ``` Or for development: ```bash $ curl -fsSLo- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samueleaton/sentry/master/install.cr | crystal eval $ ./sentry ``` ## Extensions - [Alternate Tube Redirector](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/alternate-tube-redirector/): Automatically open Youtube Videos on alternate sites like Invidious or Hooktube. - [Invidious Redirect](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/370461-invidious-redirect): Redirects Youtube URLs to Invidio.us (userscript) - [iPhone Redirector Shortcut](https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6bbf26d989cf4d07a5fe1626efbc0950): Automatically open YouTube videos in Invidious (iPhone shortcut) - [Youtube to Invidious](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/375264-youtube-to-invidious): Scan page for youtube embeds and urls and replace with Invidious (userscript) - [Invidious Downloader](https://github.com/erupete/InvidiousDownloader): Tampermonkey userscript for downloading videos or audio on Invidious (userscript) ## Made with Invidious - [FreeTube](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube): An Open Source YouTube app for privacy. - [CloudTube](https://github.com/cloudrac3r/cadencegq): Website featuring pastebin, image host, and YouTube player - [PeerTubeify](https://gitlab.com/Ealhad/peertubeify): On YouTube, displays a link to the same video on PeerTube, if it exists. ## Contributing 1. Fork it ( https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/fork ) 2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature) 3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature') 4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature) 5. Create a new Pull Request ## Contributors - [omarroth](https://github.com/omarroth) - creator, maintainer