ViewTube is an alternative YouTube frontend that lets you watch, search and discover YouTube videos without ads or tracking. It's built to be mobile and desktop friendly, with dark and light themes, and a touch-friendly video player with gestures. You can create an account separately from YouTube, read comments, watch playlists, subscribe to channels and receive push notifications for new uploads It's built using Nuxt and Nest.
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You can find the documentation at viewtube.wiki Check uptime.m-o.dev/status for updates and downtime status.
- Watch videos without ads or tracking
- Built from the ground up to be mobile and desktop friendly
- Dark and light themes
- Touch friendly video player with gestures
- Supports loop, speed, autoplay and volume
- Create an account separately from Youtube
- Read comments
- Search for videos
- Watch playlists
- Subscribe to channels and see their latest uploads
- Receive push notifications for subscribed channels
- Integrated SponsorBlock support
ViewTube does not use the official Youtube API. It instead scrapes the data from the website using a combination of custom built tools and the following open source libraries.
A comprehensive installation guide is available in the wiki
Check out the wiki for a guide on how to set up the development environment.
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