# calzoneman/sync

Node.JS Server and JavaScript/HTML Client for synchronizing online media

Repository: https://github.com/calzoneman/sync
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sync
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-01-21T23:06:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4946, "days_push": 224, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1581, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.921611+00:00)

## What it is
CyTube is a Node.js server and JavaScript/HTML web client for synchronizing online media playback across viewers in shared channels. Each channel provides a shared playlist of videos from hosts like YouTube and Twitch plus an integrated chatroom.

## Use cases
- host a watch-together site for a community
- synchronize YouTube video playback for multiple viewers
- run a self-hosted media viewing room with chat
- queue shared playlists of videos from different hosts
- watch Twitch streams together in sync
- create channels where friends can queue videos

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted synchronized media watching platform with chat and playlists
- you need multi-provider video support like YouTube and Twitch in one room
- you want a mature, community-proven watch-together server

## When to avoid
- you need video hosting or transcoding rather than playback synchronization
- you want peer-to-peer media sharing instead of a central server
- you need a simple embeddable widget rather than a full server application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: websocket, http-server, chat-interface, video-processing, web-framework
- domain: web-development, media, self-hosted, entertainment
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: watch-together, synchronized-playback, media-sync, chat, youtube, twitch, channels, playlists, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- calzoneman/sync (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.921611+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 2026-08-30T03:56:32.806378+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/calzoneman/sync (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.921611+00:00, sha b0c50938d30a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.