A privacy focused alternative YouTube frontend inspired by Invidious and Nitter

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Self Hosting

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• npm

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/TeamVivid/Vivid.git
   cd Vivid

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Build the frontend:

   npm run build

4. Start the server:

   npm start

The app will be available at http://localhost:3067.

Configuration (Environment Variables)

• PORT: server port (default 3067)
• PRIVACY_POLICY_URL / PRIVACY-POLICY-URL: link the footer's Privacy Policy to your own policy instead of the built-in page
• VIVID_LANG: language for innertube requests
• FORCE_SABR: force SABR
• DISABLE_SABR: disable SABR
• SPECIAL_CLIENT_RETRY: retries for special innertube clients
• FORCE_YT_DLP: force yt-dlp extraction
• YT_DLP_PATH: custom yt-dlp binary path
• YT_COOKIE_HEADER: custom cookie header for BotGuard
• YT_AUTH_HEADER: custom auth header for BotGuard

Configuration (Config Files)

• cookies*.txt: create a cookies.txt file or multiple cookies*.txt files to bypass login requirements
• proxies.txt: create a proxies.txt file to bypass IP bans

Architecture

Vivid is split into three main components:

• Extractor: Vivid's Extractor
• Server: Vivid's API
• Frontend: Vivid's Frontend

License

AGPL-3.0 - See LICENSE for details.