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Open source alternatives to YouTube[005]
YouTube hosts, streams and monetises user-uploaded video with recommendations, subscriptions, comments and live streams. Below are 5 self-hostable open source alternatives, ranked by GitHub popularity.
Navidrome
Your Personal Streaming Service
★ STARS
21.0k
⑂ FORKS
1.5k
Invidious
Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
★ STARS
19.6k
⑂ FORKS
2.1k
Nuclear
Streaming music player that finds free music for you
★ STARS
17.4k
⑂ FORKS
1.3k
PeerTube
ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser
★ STARS
14.7k
⑂ FORKS
1.7k
Loops
The federated short video sharing platform.
★ STARS
394
⑂ FORKS
46
// EDITOR'S TAKE
PeerTube is the real alternative if you want to run your own video platform, with federation and peer-assisted delivery so a popular video does not flatten your bandwidth bill. Invidious answers the other half of the question, watching YouTube itself without ads or tracking, though it breaks whenever the API changes upstream; Loops covers short-form video and Nuclear only helps if what you actually wanted was music.
// FREQUENTLY ASKED
What is the best open source YouTube alternative?
Navidrome is the most popular open source YouTube alternative by GitHub stars (20,959 stars). The other 4 options are ranked above.
Are these YouTube alternatives self-hostable?
Yes — every project listed here is open source and runs on your own infrastructure. Click into a project to see its license, stars, language, and current health status.
Are they free?
All projects shown are free and open source. Check each project's license page for the terms — most are MIT, Apache 2.0, or AGPL.