Piped is an open-source, self-hostable web frontend for YouTube that makes no connections to Google servers during playback. It supports SponsorBlock, playlists, subscriptions, and a public JSON API, and runs as a federated multi-instance network.
Piped
Web Self-Hosted Open Source
Official website piped.video
Our take
Piped stands out among YouTube frontends for its SponsorBlock integration without a browser extension and its ability to proxy streams so no Google request leaves your browser. The trade-off is that it requires JavaScript to function and you need an account on a specific Piped instance to sync subscriptions, which shifts trust to that instance operator. YouTube’s periodic API countermeasures can break stream extraction across all instances at once. Best for users who want a full web-based YouTube replacement and are comfortable picking and vetting a reliable instance.
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TeamPiped/Piped
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