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# Invidious
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## Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
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- Audio-only mode (and no need to keep window open on mobile)
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- [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
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- Import/Export subscriptions, watch history, preferences
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- Does not use any of the official YouTube APIs
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- Developer [API](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/API)
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Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/omarroth
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Patreon: https://patreon.com/omarroth
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BTC: 356DpZyMXu6rYd55Yqzjs29n79kGKWcYrY
BCH: qq4ptclkzej5eza6a50et5ggc58hxsq5aylqut2npk
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Onion links:
- kgg2m7yk5aybusll.onion
- axqzx4s6s54s32yentfqojs3x5i7faxza6xo3ehd4bzzsg2ii4fv2iid.onion
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## Installation
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### 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
```
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### Arch Linux:
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```bash
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# 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
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$ shards
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$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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```
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### On Ubuntu:
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```bash
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# 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
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# 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
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$ shards
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$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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```
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### On OSX:
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```bash
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# Install dependencies
$ brew update
$ brew install shards crystal-lang postgres imagemagick librsvg
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# Setup Invidious
$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
$ cd invidious
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$ ./setup.sh
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$ shards
$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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```
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## Usage:
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```bash
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$ 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)
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-f THREADS, --feed-threads=THREADS
Number of threads for refreshing feeds (default: 1)
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-v THREADS, --video-threads=THREADS
Number of threads for refreshing videos (default: 1)
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```
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Or for development:
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```bash
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$ curl -fsSLo- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samueleaton/sentry/master/install.cr | crystal eval
$ ./sentry
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```
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## 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)
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- [iPhone Redirector Shortcut](https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/6bbf26d989cf4d07a5fe1626efbc0950): Automatically open YouTube videos in Invidious (iPhone shortcut)
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- [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)
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## Made with Invidious
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- [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.
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## Contributing
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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
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## Contributors
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- [omarroth](https://github.com/omarroth) - creator, maintainer