User:Infinity128/Invidious
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| Original author(s) | Omar Roth |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Samantaz Fox,[1] Émilien Devos (unixfox),[1] Matthew McGarvey[1] |
| Initial release | August 13, 2018 |
| Stable release | 2022.08.28
/ August 28, 2022 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Crystal, HTML, JavaScript |
| Type | Frontend |
| License | AGPLv3 |
| Website | invidious |
Invidious is a free and open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.[2][3] It is available as a Docker container,[4] or from the GitHub master branch.[5] It is intended to be used as a lightweight and "privacy-respecting" alternative to the official YouTube website.[2]
Version history
[edit]Invidious was originally released as Version 0.1.0 on 13 August 2018 and was created by Omar Roth.[1] Notable updates include:[6]
- Search and play YouTube videos (since 0.1.0)
- Official developer API (since 0.1.0)
- Geo-restriction bypassing (since 0.1.0)
- XSS Protection (since 0.5.0)
- Search filters (since 0.6.0)
- Support for playlist RSS feeds (since 0.6.0)
- 1080p video support (since 0.7.0)
- Support for watching playlists (since 0.9.0)
- Support for translations (since 0.13.0)
- Continues support for annotations after YouTube removed them (since 0.13.0)
- Support for .onion instances[7] (since 0.13.0)
- Support for YouTube's "Trending" page (since 0.13.0)
- Support for downloading videos (since 0.14.0)
- Video previews (since 0.17.0)
- Web notifications (since 0.18.0)
- Support for YouTube's "Communities" tab (0.19.0)
- Custom playlists (since 0.20.0)
Technology
[edit]Invidious does not use the official YouTube API, but scrapes the website for video and metadata such as likes and views.[8] This is done intentionally to decrease the amount of data shared with Google.[citation needed] The web-scraping tool is called the Invidious Developer API.[9][10] It is also partially used in the free and open-source app, Yattee.[11]
In 2020, Omar Roth stated that he would be stepping down from the project and shutting down the main instance at invidio.us.[12][10] However, the project still continues and unofficial instances of the service still exist.[2][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Team". Invidious. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ a b c "5 Apps to Protect Your Privacy on YouTube and Stop Google From Tracking You". MUO. 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "YouTube Alternatives: YouTube Clients for the browser". AlternativeTo. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Quay". quay.io. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Installation - Invidious Documentation". docs.invidious.io. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "Releases · iv-org/invidious". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ a b "Invidious Instances". api.invidious.io. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ Darkcrizt; Darkcrizt (2019-03-08). "Invidious an open source front-end alternative to YouTube". Desde Linux. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Release Week 1: Invidious API and Geo-Bypass · iv-org/invidious". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ a b "Invidious: App Reviews, Features, Pricing and Download | AlternativeTo". AlternativeTo. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ Yattee, Yattee, 2022-08-24, retrieved 2022-08-24
- ^ "Omar Roth". omar.yt. Retrieved 2022-08-24.