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Invidious.io MinitubeInvidious.io is recommended for users who want a more private way to access YouTube content, prefer an ad-free experience, or seek a lightweight interface. It's especially beneficial for those who are privacy-conscious or who live in regions with restricted access to certain videos.
Minitube is recommended for users who prefer a desktop application for browsing and watching YouTube videos, especially those who want a simple, ad-free experience without any added complexity. It's particularly beneficial for users with older computers that might struggle with the resource demands of a full web browser.
Based on our record, Invidious.io seems to be a lot more popular than Minitube. While we know about 148 links to Invidious.io, we've tracked only 7 mentions of Minitube. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I'm looking for an answer to that. https://invidious.io/ looks like what I want, but I haven't tried it to see. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
In your comment you said "the first video taken down from LTT", which is not true. Yes, this might be the first video removed for _one specific reason_. This also might be the first video where he broke external links policy[1] > Links to websites, apps, or other sources that give unauthorized access to audio content, audiovisual content, video games, software, or streaming services that normally require payment... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
For those who have not already heard of it, check out invidious: https://invidious.io/ A list of public instances (which you probably want to use if you're concerned about being identified) here: https://docs.invidious.io/instances/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Going to drop this here for others who haven't heard of it https://invidious.io/ Now, how do we fix this? YouTube's ad model sucks. Their algorithm sucks. Their front page sucks. They've captured a bunch of creators though so often YouTube is the only place you can find someone. I want those creators to benefit from me viewing their videos. I want the fact that I view a video and like it to help other people find... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Sometimes a half-solution will do, like Invidious or Piped. [0] https://invidious.io/ [1] https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Minitube is pretty great, and uses MPV (and therefore yt-dlp) behind the scenes. It has filters that are really neat, and is very minimalistic. I personally use it, too, to avoid distracting myself and to actively search for everything I consume. [1] https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
I can recommend "minitube" [1]. It's super minimalistic, and requires you to actively search for things to find them. No ads, no feeds, no short videos, nothing - just playlists for search terms. Uses yt-dlp and mpv behind the scenes, so it's using less than 5% CPU on my small Intel NUC machine, too. I can't stress enough how it is soooo much better in terms of what type of content I consume now.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
In regards to alternative Youtube clients. Not sure if it fits your requirements but I've used MiniTube which is pretty decent: https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Minitube is what I use, not open source though. https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube. Source: over 3 years ago
Or the native cross-plattform opensource Minitube from https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube . Is already available on most systems through the package manager. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago
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