nanotube

A complete working alternative YouTube application

YouTube

• with subscriptions
• with collections
• with favorites
• with bookmarks
• with profile export

... but without the Google Account

Getting Started

• Install nodejs, git and npm

• Clone this repository

• In the root folder install npm packages with the following command line command:

  > npm install

• Now all you have to do to run the app with the following command line command each time you want to run it:

  > npm start

• Enjoy YouTube without an account!

Usage

• Today View

  The 'today view' will show all the new videos from the channels you've subscribed to only within the time frame you specify

  • You can mark a video as watched to make sure it does not show up again in the today feed by clicking on the menu button in the button right of a video entry
  • You can 'hide' a video to temporarily remove it from your current session
  • In today view, you can toggle between all videos or just ones from channels you've favorited.

• Favoriting a Channel

  • Right click a channel in the subscription sidebar and click favorite.
  • A channel will have a '⭐' indicator next to channels in the sidebar when it is a favorite

• Deleting a Subscription

  • You can either delete it by right clicking their name in the sidebar, or by clicking the 'unsubscribe' button in their channel page by clicking on their name