# kyle8998/Vynchronize

Watch videos with friends online with the new real time video synchronization platform

Repository: https://github.com/kyle8998/Vynchronize
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vynchronize
Homepage: https://www.vynchronize.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: watch-synchronized-videos, single-page-app, video-player, synchronization, web-sockets, socket-io, nodejs, social, realtime
Last push: 2025-01-03T20:23:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3250, "days_push": 607, "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 1161, forks 175 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.266850+00:00)

## What it is
Vynchronize is a real-time video synchronization web application that lets friends watch online videos together in shared rooms. It uses Socket.IO to sync playback controls across clients and supports YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and HTML5 video (.mp4/.webm).

## Use cases
- watch youtube videos with friends remotely
- host a synchronized online viewing party
- sync video playback across multiple browsers in real time
- create a shared video room with chat and queue
- watch a movie or stream together while apart

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted watch-together app supporting multiple video providers
- you need a lightweight socket-based video sync tool you can run on Node.js
- you want a free ad-free alternative to commercial watch-party services

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise-grade scalability or perfect frame-accurate sync
- you require queue support for non-YouTube providers
- you need a maintained project with active development and modern dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, http-server, video-processing, chat-interface
- domain: web-development, media, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: watch-parties, video-synchronization, socket-io, single-page-app, youtube, social-viewing, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- kyle8998/Vynchronize (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.266850+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 2026-08-30T06:31:42.813100+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kyle8998/Vynchronize (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.266850+00:00, sha feed2060e02b)
  - homepage: https://www.vynchronize.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:36:24.517588+00:00, sha 874aba9ae07e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.