This is the source code of PokeTube, the privacy-friendly youtube front-end built with the InnerTube API (Docs) that's packed with some pretty cool stuff including:
- ZERO ads
- Lyrics to songs
- A clean and modern UI
- A Javascript-free frontend
- No cookies or data collection
- And built-in dislike counts Thaks to the Return YouTube Dislike Api!
PokeTube uses openh264 which is free software! poketube does not inculude non free stuff owowowoow!!!!
you can view the source code of the openh264 codec in this repo :3 --> https://github.com/cisco/openh264.git
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SOFTWARE MAY INCULUDE CODECS THAT IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES MAY BE COVERED BY PATENTS OR HAVE LEGAL ISSUES. PATENT AND COPYRIGHT LAWS OPERATE DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNTRY YOU ARE IN. PLEASE OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHETHER A PARTICULAR PATENT OR RESTRICTION APPLIES TO A CODEC YOU WISH TO USE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
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To self host your own Poketube instance, you'll need the following:
Once you have everything, clone our repo:
git clone https://codeberg.org/ashley/poketube.git
You can also clone using our Github mirror if you'd prefer:
git clone https://github.com/ashley0143/poketube.git
Now, install the needed dependencies within the Poketube folder:
npm install
Once everythings installed, start your server with the following command:
node server.js
Congrats, Poketube should now be running on localhost:3000!
Offical poketube community servers :3
Revolt
Discord (requires nonfree js - see stallman.org/discord.html )
Code Of conduct
Privacy Policy
TL;DR: we dont collect or share your personal info, that's it lol
We additionally use the GNU Coding Standard, see https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards
