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Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

132 mentions on Hacker News by 88 people: 12 stories, 120 comments · first 2018-04-14 · latest 2026-09-26

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  1. …getting great results across many instances! And while we're at it, also check out these projects: https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by djeiasbsbo · 2020-07-06 · in DuckDuckGo coming back online in India following country-wide block
  2. …Youtube APIs even support that. One thing on my to-play-with list is http://invidio.us , code at https://github.com/omarroth/invidious , which would be a nice starting point.
    comment by imglorp · 2020-06-25 · in Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colony [video]
  3. https://invidio.us/ . Find a local instance at https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instanc... .
    comment by wizzwizz4 · 2020-06-20 · in Tell HN: YouTube fixed the dot after domain ad bypass
  4. Invidious ( https://github.com/omarroth/invidious ) is a server-side proxy for YouTube that removes all the bullshit (ads, background play restrictions, etc) while requiring no client-side support (so no need for side loading and will work…
    comment by Nextgrid · 2020-06-10 · in You can bypass YouTube ads by adding a dot after the domain
  5. Check out https://github.com/omarroth/invidious : no js needed, audio-only mode.. It has some rough edges (channel pages and a couple videos seem to break), but it's very decent.
    comment by lapinot · 2020-05-18 · in The PeerTube content bootstrap fund
  6. …feels premium. It doesn’t have pop up ads and even plays videos without javascript. Source is here: https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
    comment by guu · 2019-11-25 · in YouTube’s annoying Premium spam
  7. …linked above doesn't appear to explain this. I would instead recommend reading this[0] comment. 0. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/issues/177#issuecommen...
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-16 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  8. …although you can disable them in your preferences if you'd like (under "Show related videos"). 0. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/issues/217#issuecommen...
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-16 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  9. …enabled by default is that it requires proxying streams, which is more bandwidth intensive[0]. 0. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/issues/34
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  10. …avoid use of any Google APIs. This also includes login, as mentioned in an earlier comment[1]. 0. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/issues/130 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21545348
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  11. …looking for search filters you can use them using operators[0][1], similar to Google or DDG. 0. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Search-operators 1. https://invidio.us/search?q=type%3Aplaylist+sort%3Adate+musi...
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  12. …subscriptions from YouTube. 0. https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/8wvazc/invidou... 1. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/blob/8af87f1/src/invid... 2. https://invidio.us/privacy 3. https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/7…
    comment by omarroth · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  13. …One of the most popular Crystal apps I know of. (Huge fan of both Invidious and Crystal) https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
    comment by gavinray · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  14. …`&local=true` to the end of the video URL or enabling "Proxy videos?" in your preferences. [0]. https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instanc...
    comment by omarroth · 2019-07-02 · in Freeing My Phone from Google
  15. …have currently, but I haven't tried it to see if it supports a similar kind of selective proxying: https://github.com/omarroth/invidious Then there's Freetube, which supports proxying but I'm not sure of the details either. It doesn't…
    comment by user234683 · 2019-06-30 · in PiHole-Google: Completely Block Google and Its Services
  16. Just sharing Invidious (website version of NewPipe). It's amazing. https://invidio.us/ https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
    comment by olah_1 · 2019-06-29 · in Freeing My Phone from Google
  17. ...or you can use Invidious which just serves videos from YouTube without ads and no almost no JS :) https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://invidio.us/ (one of the hosted instances)
    comment by notpushkin · 2019-06-17 · in uBlock Origin 1.20
  18. An alternative front end for Youtube. Not my project: https://invidio.us | https://github.com/omarroth/invidious
    comment by galfarragem · 2019-04-19 · in Crystal 0.28.0 Released
  19. …[3] as one example). All my RSS subscriptions are one search-and-replace away in my OPML file. [1] https://github.com/omarroth/invidious [2] https://www.invidio.us [3] https://www.invidiou.sh
    comment by thefranke · 2019-04-02 · in Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand
  20. Looks nice, very similar to https://invidio.us/ https://github.com/omarroth/invidious (written in Crystal)
    comment by 007lva · 2018-04-14 · in Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube