# 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 Onion links: - kgg2m7yk5aybusll.onion - axqzx4s6s54s32yentfqojs3x5i7faxza6xo3ehd4bzzsg2ii4fv2iid.onion [Alternative Invidious instances](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instances) ## 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 ``` ### Linux: #### Install dependencies ```bash # Arch Linux $ sudo pacman -S shards crystal imagemagick librsvg postgresql # Ubuntu or Debian $ 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 ``` #### Add invidious user and clone repository ```bash $ useradd -m invidious $ sudo -i -u invidious $ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious $ exit ``` #### Setup PostgresSQL ```bash $ sudo systemctl enable postgresql $ sudo systemctl start postgresql $ sudo -i -u postgres $ psql -c "CREATE USER kemal WITH PASSWORD 'kemal';" $ createdb -O kemal invidious $ psql invidious < /home/invidious/invidious/config/sql/channels.sql $ psql invidious < /home/invidious/invidious/config/sql/videos.sql $ psql invidious < /home/invidious/invidious/config/sql/channel_videos.sql $ psql invidious < /home/invidious/invidious/config/sql/users.sql $ psql invidious < /home/invidious/invidious/config/sql/nonces.sql $ exit ``` #### Setup Invidious ```bash $ sudo -i -u invidious $ cd invidious $ shards $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release # test compiled binary $ ./invidious # stop with ctrl c $ exit ``` #### systemd service ```bash $ sudo cp /home/invidious/invidious/invidious.service /etc/systemd/system/invidious.service $ sudo systemctl enable invidious.service $ sudo systemctl start invidious.service ``` ### OSX: ```bash # Install dependencies $ brew update $ brew install shards crystal-lang postgres imagemagick librsvg # Clone repository and setup postgres database $ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious $ cd invidious $ brew services start postgresql $ psql -c "CREATE ROLE kemal WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'kemal';" $ createdb invidious -U kemal $ psql invidious < config/sql/channels.sql $ psql invidious < config/sql/videos.sql $ psql invidious < config/sql/channel_videos.sql $ psql invidious < config/sql/users.sql $ psql invidious < config/sql/nonces.sql # Setup Invidious $ shards $ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release ``` ## Update Invidious You can find information about how to update in the wiki: [Update Invidious](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Update-Invidious) ## Usage: ```bash $ ./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 YouTube (default: 0) -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: 0) -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT Redirect output (default: STDOUT) ``` Or for development: ```bash $ curl -fsSLo- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samueleaton/sentry/master/install.cr | crystal eval $ ./sentry ``` ## Documentation [Documentation](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki) can be found in the wiki. ## Extensions Extensions for Invidious and for integrating Invidious into other projects [are in the wiki](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Extensions) ## 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 ## Contact Feel free to send an email to omarroth@protonmail.com or join our [Matrix Server](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#invidious:matrix.org), or #invidious on Freenode. You can also view release notes on the [releases](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/releases) page or in the CHANGELOG.md included in the repository. ## License [![GNU AGPLv3 Image](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/agplv3-155x51.png)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html) Invidious is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the [GNU Affero General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.