RokuTyper
Fun Roku hack to take over search keyboard and type messages on Roku Device on your network (by wsmaxcy)
playlet
The unofficial, privacy driven, YouTube client for Roku (by iBicha)
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4.4 | 9.8 | |
12 months ago | 5 days ago | |
Python | BrighterScript | |
- | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
RokuTyper
Posts with mentions or reviews of RokuTyper.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-15.
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How to Abuse Roku APIs to control TVs on your home network
I know I'm a little late on this, but I made a fun little tool to take over the keyboard. It works on my roku great, but would be interested if it works on others. Feel free to get back to me if you try it out! Code located here!
playlet
Posts with mentions or reviews of playlet.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-01.
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Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
Also in this realm, for Roku there is https://github.com/iBicha/playlet which works great when hooked up to my self-hosted Invidious instance.
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For the record, YT ads are not 5 second skipable
Playlet for Roku TV https://channelstore.roku.com/en-ca/details/840aec36f51bfe6d96cf6db9055a372a/playlet It's not perfect, but you can definitely watch youtube videos with no ads. Disclaimer: I'm the creator of Playlet, a free open source alternative https://github.com/iBicha/playlet
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FreeTube – The Private YouTube Client
At least for Roku, I recently found and had good luck with https://github.com/iBicha/playlet
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Playlet: Youtube for Roku TV, 0.10.0 release!
And here's some screenshots
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Developer mode?
You can sideload unofficial apps, such as Playlet (ad-free youtube + sponsorblock)
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LPT: Whenever you see a non-skippable ad, close your eyes and mute your device. From now on, every annoying ad will be a little respite for your eyes and mind.
Playlet for Roku TVs https://github.com/iBicha/playlet
- Playlet: an Invidious frontend for Roku TV
What are some alternatives?
When comparing RokuTyper and playlet you can also consider the following projects:
Roku-Hacking - A fun repository on how to externally issue commands to Roku devices utilizing the External Control Protocol (ECP). The repository covers how to enumerate devices, issue commands via "curl," and designing custom scripts to mess with friends and family! [Moved to: https://github.com/Kleptocratic/Abusing-Roku-APIs]
youtube-dl - Unofficial daily builds for youtube-dl. DO NOT OPEN PULL REQUESTS HERE
Piped - An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.