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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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[Alternative Invidious instances](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instances)
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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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### Linux:
#### Install dependencies
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```bash
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# Arch Linux
$ sudo pacman -S shards crystal imagemagick librsvg postgresql
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# 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
```
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#### Add invidious user and clone repository
```bash
$ useradd -m invidious
$ sudo -i -u invidious
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$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
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$ exit
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```
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#### Setup PostgresSQL
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```bash
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$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql
$ sudo -i -u postgres
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$ 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
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$ exit
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```
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#### Setup Invidious
```bash
$ sudo -i -u invidious
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$ cd invidious
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$ shards
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$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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# test compiled binary
$ ./invidious # stop with ctrl c
$ exit
```
#### systemd service
```bash
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$ sudo cp /home/invidious/invidious/invidious.service /etc/systemd/system/invidious.service
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$ sudo systemctl enable invidious.service
$ sudo systemctl start invidious.service
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```
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### 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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# Clone repository and setup postgres database
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$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
$ cd invidious
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$ 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
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$ shards
$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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```
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## Update Invidious
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You can find information about how to update in the wiki: [Updating](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Updating).
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## Usage:
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```bash
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$ ./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)
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-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: 0)
-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT Redirect output (default: STDOUT)
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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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## Documentation
[Documentation](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki) can be found in the wiki.
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## Extensions
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Extensions for Invidious and for integrating Invidious into other projects [are in the wiki](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Extensions)
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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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## Contact
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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)
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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.