Invidious: A Private Front-End To YouTube

Update August 2020: The invidio.us website is no longer active — two replacements are invidious.xyz or yewtube.

Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube. It exists both as a website and as downloadable open source software.

The Invidious software allows you view YouTube video without advertising, and with no Google tracking.

Here is a full feature list:

• No ads
• No need to create a Google account to save subscriptions
• Audio-only mode (and no need to keep window open on mobile)
• 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
• Import/Export subscriptions, watch history, preferences
• Does not use any of the official YouTube APIs
• Developer API

FreeTube

FreeTube is an open source desktop application that displays YouTube videos. It uses the Invidious API.

• Watch videos without ads
• View YouTube without Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript
• Make API calls through the Tor network
• Subscribe to channels without an account
• Local subscriptions, history, and saved videos
• Export & import subscriptions
• Mini Player

NewPipe

NewPipe is an android app that provides a private front-end to Youtube.