cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/40815478
Introducing YT-Feeds.
I was looking for an ultra lightweight YouTube client that would allow me to avoid the algorithm, clickbait thumbnails, and AI generated comment sections. After months of work, and getting side tracked many times, YT-Feeds was born. It can be found on GitHub, but is available on the AUR, and can be installed with
binstall, github releases, or viacargodirectly.It is built in Rust with no graphical framework. It functions entirely on key binds and the design philosophy is to have only one page to view at any time.
Features List:
- Fast startup and navigation
- Uses minimal resources (under 1 Mb RAM!)
- Distraction and short form content free
- Allows for searching/subscribing/unsubscribing channels
- Automatically tracks and resumes watch history locally
- Shows recent videos from subscriptions organized by date
- Groups subscriptions into a collective “feed” organized by date
- Categorize and view videos in the ‘watch later’ menu
- Never requires leaving the terminal or using your mouse
- Cross platform support for ARM and x86_64 Windows, MacOS, and Linux
Note: I expect there to be bugs in the future - feel free to submit an issue and I will get to it when I can find the time.
On version 1.0.3 running via the AUR package and directly from cargo, I cannot seem to replicate this issue.
What is your MPV/yt-dlp configuration? It is possible that the configured options specify options not provided by YouTube, so playback will not work well. To attempt a fix, try moving these configuration files temporarily to a new location.
Also please ensure this version is indeed the latest 1.0.3. It could be that the AUR did not cache the newest version, so this could be 1.0.2 which had issues with the new YT workaround.
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