# yattee/yattee

Privacy oriented video player for iOS, tvOS and macOS

Repository: https://github.com/yattee/yattee
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yattee
Language: Swift
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: swiftui, video, invidious, piped, youtube, swift, ios, tvos, macos
Last push: 2026-08-23T11:05:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1758, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 26}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3655, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:13.125064+00:00)

## What it is
Yattee is a privacy-oriented native video player app for iOS, tvOS, and macOS built with SwiftUI. It plays YouTube content through privacy-respecting frontends like Invidious and Piped, with features like Picture in Picture, background audio, 4K playback, and SponsorBlock integration.

## Use cases
- watch YouTube videos without tracking on iPhone or Mac
- play videos through Invidious or Piped instances
- skip sponsor segments automatically with SponsorBlock
- listen to YouTube audio in the background on iOS
- watch videos in 4K with Picture in Picture on Apple TV
- queue and keep history of videos privately

## When to choose
- you want a native Apple-platform video player that avoids YouTube tracking
- you use Invidious or Piped and want a polished client
- you need background audio, PiP, and SponsorBlock in one app

## When to avoid
- you need a video player on Android, Windows, or Linux
- you want direct YouTube API access rather than third-party frontends
- you need a cross-platform or web-based player

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, privacy, apple-ecosystem, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: video-player, youtube, invidious, piped, sponsorblock, swiftui, tvos, privacy-oriented, ios, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- yattee/yattee (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.125064+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 2026-08-29T18:31:39.242966+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yattee/yattee (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:13.125064+00:00, sha 95793dda013d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.