User:Infinity128/Invidious

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Invidious
Original author(s)Omar Roth
Developer(s)Samantaz Fox,[1] Émilien Devos (unixfox),[1] Matthew McGarvey[1]
Initial releaseAugust 13, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08-13)
Stable release
2022.08.28 / August 28, 2022; 20 months ago (2022-08-28)
Repositorygithub.com/iv-org/invidious
Written inCrystal, HTML, JavaScript
TypeFrontend
LicenseAGPLv3
Websiteinvidious.io

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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Team". Invidious. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "YouTube Alternatives: YouTube Clients for the browser". AlternativeTo. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  4. ^ "Quay". quay.io. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  5. ^ "Installation - Invidious Documentation". docs.invidious.io. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^ "Releases · iv-org/invidious". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  7. ^ a b "Invidious Instances". api.invidious.io. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  8. ^ Darkcrizt; Darkcrizt (2019-03-08). "Invidious an open source front-end alternative to YouTube". Desde Linux. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  9. ^ "Release Week 1: Invidious API and Geo-Bypass · iv-org/invidious". GitHub. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  10. ^ a b "Invidious: App Reviews, Features, Pricing and Download | AlternativeTo". AlternativeTo. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  11. ^ Yattee, Yattee, 2022-08-24, retrieved 2022-08-24
  12. ^ "Omar Roth". omar.yt. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

External links[edit]

Category:YouTube Category:Websites

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