# ViewTube/viewtube

▶️ ViewTube: The open source, privacy-conscious way to enjoy your favorite YouTube content. Docs: https://viewtube.wiki

Repository: https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/viewtube
Homepage: https://viewtube.io
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: viewtube, youtube, youtube-player, docker, subscriptions, video, streaming, vuejs, typescript, nuxt
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:20:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2603, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1473, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.606869+00:00)

## What it is
ViewTube is an open-source, privacy-conscious alternative frontend for YouTube that lets users watch, search, and discover videos without ads or tracking. It is built with Nuxt (Vue) and NestJS, scrapes YouTube data via open-source libraries, and is deployable via Docker.

## Use cases
- watch youtube videos without ads
- private youtube frontend without tracking
- self-hosted youtube alternative frontend
- subscribe to youtube channels without a google account
- read youtube comments and playlists anonymously
- get push notifications for new channel uploads
- skip sponsor segments in youtube videos

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, ad-free YouTube viewing experience
- you need a privacy-focused frontend that avoids Google accounts and tracking
- you want SponsorBlock integration and a touch-friendly mobile player
- you want to subscribe to channels and get notifications without a YouTube account

## When to avoid
- you need official YouTube API compliance or guaranteed uptime, since scraping can break
- you want to upload or manage your own YouTube content
- you need offline video downloads or full YouTube feature parity

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, http-server, video-processing, web-scraping, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, media, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: youtube-frontend, ad-blocking, sponsorblock, nuxt, nestjs, video-streaming, subscriptions, web-server, docker, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ViewTube/viewtube (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.606869+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 2026-08-30T04:34:36.057327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.606869+00:00, sha f40b9572b8a4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.