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While we're on the topic of privacy focused frontends, anyone have recommendations for similar YouTube frontends?

by code_biologist 3y ago

keyboardJones 3y ago
Piped is one option: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
- ecliptik 3y ago
  Invidious is another[1]. I use Piped with Yattee[2] over Tailscale and it works great. 1. https://github.com/iv-org/invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious 2. https://github.com/yattee/yattee https://github.com/yattee/yattee
keyboardJones 3y ago
The LibRedirect website has a great list of alternatives: https://libredirect.github.io/ https://libredirect.github.io/
brucethemoose2 3y ago
invidious is the closest analogue, if its still alive.
dredmorbius 3y ago
Piped and Invidious. I prefer Invidious for vague reasons, though either it or the instance I use most often seems to fail about 25--50% of the time on videos, with more popular content (e.g., music) failing most often, so I'll fall back to Piped. Otherwise I use mpv / ytdl, and in fact greatly prefer that approach. For those prefering a standalone GUI, there's VLC.
- Tmpod 3y ago
  I also quite enjoy the mpv/yt-dl(p) setup, and I often pair it with ytfzf[1] to ease the search part. FreeTube[2] is also a nicely done desktop frontend, capable of proxying requests through invidious. [1]: https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf [2]: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
  - dredmorbius 3y ago
    Search is the one thing that mpv & yt-dlp don't handle. The now-moribund mps-youtube did offer search and curation and remains hands down the best interface to that service I've ever used. (It was throttled by API limits, I strongly suspect intentionally by Google.) I've started seeing some CLI youtube search front-ends, though I've yet to try them. Thanks for mentioning ytfzf, as I'm not sure that's popped up for me before.

While we're on the topic of privacy focused frontends, anyone have recommendations for similar YouTube frontends?

keyboardJones 3y ago

Piped is one option: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped

ecliptik 3y ago
Invidious is another[1]. I use Piped with Yattee[2] over Tailscale and it works great. 1. https://github.com/iv-org/invidious https://github.com/iv-org/invidious 2. https://github.com/yattee/yattee https://github.com/yattee/yattee

keyboardJones 3y ago

The LibRedirect website has a great list of alternatives: https://libredirect.github.io/ https://libredirect.github.io/

brucethemoose2 3y ago

invidious is the closest analogue, if its still alive.

dredmorbius 3y ago

Piped and Invidious. I prefer Invidious for vague reasons, though either it or the instance I use most often seems to fail about 25--50% of the time on videos, with more popular content (e.g., music) failing most often, so I'll fall back to Piped. Otherwise I use mpv / ytdl, and in fact greatly prefer that approach. For those prefering a standalone GUI, there's VLC.

Tmpod 3y ago
I also quite enjoy the mpv/yt-dl(p) setup, and I often pair it with ytfzf[1] to ease the search part. FreeTube[2] is also a nicely done desktop frontend, capable of proxying requests through invidious. [1]: https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf [2]: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  Search is the one thing that mpv & yt-dlp don't handle. The now-moribund mps-youtube did offer search and curation and remains hands down the best interface to that service I've ever used. (It was throttled by API limits, I strongly suspect intentionally by Google.) I've started seeing some CLI youtube search front-ends, though I've yet to try them. Thanks for mentioning ytfzf, as I'm not sure that's popped up for me before.