Piped is a free and open-source alternative frontend for YouTube which is efficient by design.

It is designed to offer a privacy-focused and lightweight experience. It allows users to watch YouTube videos without being tracked, avoiding ads and unnecessary data collection. Piped provides a clean and minimalist interface, offering a more streamlined and distraction-free viewing experience.

The project emphasizes user privacy and performance, making it an ideal choice for those who want to enjoy YouTube content while minimizing their digital footprint.

Features

•  No Ads
•  No Tracking
•  Lightweight on server and client
•  Infinite Scrolling
•  Light/Dark themes
•  Login
•  Feeds
•  Playlists
•  Integration with SponsorBlock
•  Integration with LBRY for streaming
•  Integration with Return YouTube Dislike via RYD-Proxy
•  4K support
•  No connections to Google's servers
•  Playing just audio
•  PWA support
•  Locally saved Preferences
•  Available in many languages, thanks to our translators
•  Embedded video support
•  No age restriction
•  Bypasses Geo restrictions if possible through a federated network

Tech Features

•  Multi-region load-balancing
•  Performant by design, designed to handle 1000s of users concurrently
•  Does not use official YouTube APIs
•  Uses NewPipeExtractor to extract information
•  Public JSON API
•  Federated protocol on Matrix to let instances collaborate with each other

Made with Piped

Mobile/desktop apps

• LibreTube - Alternative frontend for YouTube for Android.
• YTDLnis - Video and audio downloader for Android that uses Piped to update formats.
• Yattee - Alternative frontend for YouTube for MacOS / iOS.
• PlasmaTube - Alternative frontend for YouTube for Linux.
• PsTube - Watch and download videos without ads on Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, and Mac OSX.
• Harmony Music - YouTube Music alternative for Android, built with Flutter that supports piped linking for playlists.
• VibeYou - Privacy focused music player for Android supporting playback via Piped.

Web apps

• Piped-Material - Fork of Piped, focusing on better performance and a more usable design.
• Hyperpipe - Alternative privacy respecting front-end for YouTube Music.
• ytify - Complementary audio streaming frontend for YouTube & YouTube Music.
• Musicale - Alternative frontend for YouTube Music with style.
• conduit - Alternative frontend for YouTube, with a modern player and watch together capabilities.
• DeskVideo - Desktop styled, customizable alternative frontend for YouTube.
• ReacTube - Privacy friendly & distraction free YouTube frontend.

Other

• vidyodl - Simple API to download videos from YouTube, using Piped.
• Piped Addon for Kodi - Kodi plugin for Piped.

License

AGPL-3.0

Resources & Downloads

• Source-code and downloads

GitHub - TeamPiped/Piped: An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.

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

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