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163 lines
4.8 KiB
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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)
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- No ads
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- No need to create a Google account to save subscriptions
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- Lightweight (homepage is ~4 KB compressed)
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- Tools for managing subscriptions:
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- Only show unseen videos
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- Only show latest (or latest unseen) video from each channel
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- Delivers notifications from all subscribed channels
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- Automatically redirect homepage to feed
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- Import subscriptions from YouTube
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- Dark mode
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- Embed support
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- Set default player options (speed, quality, autoplay, loop)
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- Does not require JS to play videos
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- 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
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BCH: qq4ptclkzej5eza6a50et5ggc58hxsq5aylqut2npk
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## Installation
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### Docker:
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#### Build and start cluster:
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```bash
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$ docker-compose up
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```
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And visit `localhost:3000` in your browser.
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#### Rebuild cluster:
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```bash
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$ docker-compose build
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```
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#### Delete data and rebuild:
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```bash
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$ docker volume rm invidious_postgresdata
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$ docker-compose build
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```
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### Arch Linux:
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```bash
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# Install dependencies
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$ sudo pacman -S shards crystal imagemagick librsvg
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# Setup PostgresSQL
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$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
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$ sudo systemctl start postgresql
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$ sudo -i -u postgres
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$ createuser -s YOUR_USER_NAME
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$ createdb YOUR_USER_NAME
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$ exit
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# Setup Invidious
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$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
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$ cd invidious
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$ ./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
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$ curl -sSL https://dist.crystal-lang.org/apt/setup.sh | sudo bash
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$ sudo apt update
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$ sudo apt install crystal libssl-dev libxml2-dev libyaml-dev libgmp-dev libreadline-dev librsvg2-dev postgresql imagemagick
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# Setup PostgreSQL
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$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql
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$ sudo systemctl start postgresql
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$ sudo -i -u postgres
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$ createuser -s YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE
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$ createdb YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE
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$ exit
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# Setup Invidious
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$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
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$ cd invidious
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$ ./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
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$ brew update
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$ brew install shards crystal-lang postgres imagemagick librsvg
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# Setup Invidious
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$ git clone https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
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$ cd invidious
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$ ./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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## Usage:
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```bash
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$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
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$ ./invidious -h
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Usage: invidious [arguments]
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-b HOST, --bind HOST Host to bind (defaults to 0.0.0.0)
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-p PORT, --port PORT Port to listen for connections (defaults to 3000)
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-s, --ssl Enables SSL
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--ssl-key-file FILE SSL key file
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--ssl-cert-file FILE SSL certificate file
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-h, --help Shows this help
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-t THREADS, --crawl-threads=THREADS
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Number of threads for crawling (default: 1)
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-c THREADS, --channel-threads=THREADS
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Number of threads for refreshing channels (default: 1)
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-f THREADS, --feed-threads=THREADS
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Number of threads for refreshing feeds (default: 1)
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-v THREADS, --video-threads=THREADS
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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
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$ ./sentry
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```
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## Extensions
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- [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.
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- [Invidious Redirect](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/370461-invidious-redirect): Redirects Youtube URLs to Invidio.us (userscript)
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- [Invidio.us embed](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/370442-invidious-embed): Replaces YouTube embeds with Invidio.us embeds (userscript)
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- [Invidious Downloader](https://github.com/erupete/InvidiousDownloader): Tampermonkey userscript for downloading videos or audio on Invidious (userscript)
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## Contributing
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1. Fork it ( https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/fork )
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2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
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3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
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4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
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5. Create a new Pull Request
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## Contributors
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- [omarroth](https://github.com/omarroth) - creator, maintainer
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