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# youtube-local

![screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28744867/64483429-8a890780-d1b6-11e9-8423-6956ff7c588d.png)
youtube-local is a browser-based client written in Python for watching Youtube anonymously and without the lag of the slow page used by Youtube. One of the primary features is that all requests are routed through Tor, except for the video file at googlevideo.com. This is analogous to what HookTube (defunct) and Invidious do, except that you do not have to trust a third-party to respect your privacy. The assumption here is that Google won't put the effort in to incorporate the video file requests into their tracking, as it's not worth pursuing the incredibly small number of users who care about privacy (Tor video routing is also provided as an option). Tor has high latency, so this will not be as fast as regular Youtube. However, using Tor is optional; when not routing through Tor, video pages may load faster than they do with Youtube's page depending on your browser.
youtube-local is a browser-based client written in Python for watching Youtube anonymously and without the lag of the slow page used by Youtube. One of the primary features is that all requests are routed through Tor, except for the video file at googlevideo.com. This is analogous to what HookTube (defunct) and Invidious do, except that you do not have to trust a third-party to respect your privacy. The assumption here is that Google won't put the effort in to incorporate the video file requests into their tracking, as it's not worth pursuing the incredibly small number of users who care about privacy (Tor video routing is also provided as an option). Tor has high latency, so this will not be as fast network-wise as regular Youtube. However, using Tor is optional; when not routing through Tor, video pages may load faster than they do with Youtube's page depending on your browser.

The Youtube API is not used, so no keys or anything are needed. It uses the same requests as the Youtube webpage.

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* Optionally skip sponsored segments using [SponsorBlock](https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock)'s API
* Custom video speeds
* Video transcript

## Planned features
- [ ] Putting videos from subscriptions or local playlists into the related videos
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- [ ] Auto-saving of local playlist videos
- [ ] Import youtube playlist into a local playlist
- [ ] Rearrange items of local playlist
- [ ] Muxing of 1080p
- [ ] Video qualities other than 360p and 720p by muxing video and audio
- [ ] Corrected .m4a downloads
- [x] Indicate if comments are disabled
- [x] Indicate how many comments a video has
- [ ] Featured channels page
- [ ] Channel comments
- [x] Video transcript
- [ ] Tor RC
- [ ] Automatic Tor circuit change when blocked
- [x] Support &t parameter
- [ ] Subscriptions: Option to mark what has been watched
- [ ] Subscriptions: Option to filter videos based on keywords in title or description
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## Similar projects
- [youtube-dl](https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/), which this project was based off
- [invidious](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) Nearly identical to this project.
- [invidious](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious) Similar to this project, but also allows it to be hosted as a server to serve many users
- [NewPipe](https://newpipe.schabi.org/) (app for android)
- [mps-youtube](https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube) (terminal-only program)
- [youtube-viewer](https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer)
- [FreeTube](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube) (Similar to this project, but is an electron app outside the browser)
- [smtube](https://www.smtube.org/)
- [Minitube](https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube), [github here](https://github.com/flaviotordini/minitube)
- [toogles](https://github.com/mikecrittenden/toogles) (only embeds videos, doesn't use mp4)
- [Yotter](https://github.com/pluja/Yotter)
- [Yotter](https://github.com/ytorg/Yotter) Similar to this project and to invidious. Also supports Twitter

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