Is there a self-hosted "Youtube proxy"? Looking for something similar to Plex for TV's that I can use to proxy, avoid ads and blacklist some channels.

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  • Invidious

    Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

  • There is also https://invidious.io/, but it's unstable and pain to run.

  • viewtube

    ▶️ ViewTube: The open source, privacy-conscious way to enjoy your favorite YouTube content. Docs: https://viewtube.wiki, Status: https://uptime.m-o.dev/status

  • After using invidious, then piped, I settled on ViewTube. https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube-vue better UI than invidious, not as obnoxious as piped.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • SmartTube

    SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS

  • It’s not quite what you’re looking for but in case others find this, I’d recommend checking out Smart Tube Next for Android TV. It’s an open source alternate YouTube client that blocks ads, including in-video sponsor reads if you want, and has a lot of other nice features as well. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext

  • RootMyTV

  • youtube-local

    browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance

  • Been using youtube-local https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local for months if not years now, does the job pretty well.

  • tubearchivist

    Your self hosted YouTube media server

  • FreeTube

    An Open Source YouTube app for privacy

  • There's also FreeTubeApp

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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