# Materialious/Materialious

Materialious is a modern material design frontend for YouTube & Invidious, focused on a clean, privacy-friendly YouTube experience. It supports local video fallback when Invidious fails and is available on Web, Desktop, Android, and Android TV.

Repository: https://github.com/Materialious/Materialious
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialious
Homepage: https://materialio.us
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: 3rd-party, client, custom, interface, invidious, material, privacy, self-host, theme, youtube, android, app, linux, macos, windows, frontend, unraid, smarttv, tv
Last push: 2026-08-31T15:43:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 87, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 909, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 236}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1128, forks 70 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:55.619738+00:00)

## What it is
Materialious is a modern Material Design frontend client for YouTube and Invidious, available on Web, Desktop, Android, and Android TV. It emphasizes a privacy-friendly, ad-free viewing experience with optional self-hosted account syncing, SponsorBlock, Return YouTube Dislike, and local video fallback.

## Use cases
- watch youtube without ads or tracking
- self-host a private youtube frontend with docker
- use youtube on android tv with a clean interface
- sync watch progress and subscriptions across devices privately
- fallback to direct youtube playback when invidious fails
- use sponsorblock and return youtube dislike built into a client

## When to choose
- you want a privacy-respecting, ad-free YouTube client across web, desktop, and mobile
- you run an Invidious instance and want a modern material design frontend for it
- you need Android TV or PWA support for video watching
- you want built-in SponsorBlock, DeArrow, and dislike counts without browser extensions

## When to avoid
- you need official YouTube features like comments posting, channel management, or YouTube Music integration
- you require guaranteed playback reliability since third-party clients depend on Invidious or unofficial YouTube backends
- you want a lightweight browser extension rather than a full application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, self-hosted, video-processing
- domain: privacy, media, self-hosted, web-development, frontend
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: youtube-client, invidious, material-design, sponsorblock, android-tv, pwa, ad-free, web-server, android, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- Materialious/Materialious (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:55.619738+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:39:15.296722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Materialious/Materialious (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:55.619738+00:00, sha 03e6ddc0098f)
  - homepage: https://materialio.us (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:52.533745+00:00, sha f91756258667)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.