# TeamPiped/Piped

An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.

Repository: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/piped
Homepage: https://piped.video
Language: Vue
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: youtube, newpipe, vuejs, java, hacktoberfest, privacy, videos, ipfs, sponsorblock, activej, dearrow
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:06:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2121, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10206, forks 875 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.867368+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, web-framework, proxy, search-engine
- domain: privacy, self-hosted, web-development, media, censorship-circumvention
- platform: self-hosted, jvm
- tags: youtube-frontend, ad-blocking, sponsorblock, video-streaming, privacy-friendly, pwa, web-server, docker, vuejs

## Member repositories
- TeamPiped/Piped (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.867368+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 2026-08-29T17:19:35.757969+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.867368+00:00, sha 3f8cb693df85)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.