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TeamPiped/Piped

An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/TeamPiped/Piped · homepage · Vue · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2121
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

10206 stars · 875 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Piped is an open-source, privacy-friendly alternative frontend for YouTube that blocks ads and tracking while providing a lightweight viewing experience. It is a self-hostable web application with a companion JSON API, integrating SponsorBlock, LBRY, and Return YouTube Dislike.

Use cases

  • watch youtube videos without ads
  • avoid google tracking while watching videos
  • self-host a youtube frontend
  • skip sponsor segments in videos
  • watch age-restricted or geo-blocked youtube content
  • use youtube with a lightweight client
  • get a api for youtube data

When to choose

  • you want an ad-free, tracker-free YouTube experience
  • you want to self-host or use public instances of a YouTube frontend
  • you need SponsorBlock integration and 4K playback
  • you want a public JSON API for YouTube metadata

When to avoid

  • you need official YouTube API compliance or ToS-safe usage
  • you need YouTube account features like commenting or uploading
  • you require guaranteed uptime, since YouTube changes can break unofficial frontends

Facets

application · maturity active

http-server web-framework proxy search-engine privacy self-hosted web-development media censorship-circumvention self-hosted jvm youtube-frontend ad-blocking sponsorblock video-streaming privacy-friendly pwa web-server docker vuejs

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
TeamPiped/Pipedmain77

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="TeamPiped/Piped")

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