Invidious

Browse YouTube without tracking or ads

Get it on umbrelOS

Version2.20260207.0

CategorySocial

Source codePublic

Developed byIV-Org 1 app

Submitted byJasper 6 apps

Compatible withumbrelOS 0.5 or later

An open source alternative front-end to YouTube

User Features:

Lightweight
No ads
No tracking
No JavaScript required
Light/Dark themes
Customizable homepage
Subscriptions independent from Google
Notifications for all subscribed channels
Audio-only mode (with background play on mobile)
Support for Reddit comments
Available in many languages, thanks to our translators

Data Import/Export:

Import subscriptions from YouTube, NewPipe and Freetube
Import watch history from NewPipe
Export subscriptions to NewPipe and Freetube
Import/Export Invidious user data

Technical features:

Embedded video support
Developer API
Does not use official YouTube APIs
No Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

What's new

Version 2.20260207.0+2 months ago

This release hardens the companion pipeline and fixes a wide range of user-facing issues.

Key highlights:

Livestreams are back on the Trending page and gaming feeds remain accessible
"Watch on YouTube" links no longer carry stale timestamps for livestreams
Downloads can now flow through the Invidious companion when available
Channel pages now display creator pronouns and topic playlist thumbnails
Related video view counts are accurate again
Playlist importer and playlist API handle missing or empty data without crashing
Community posts with unavailable videos and DMCA content toggles work again
Channel name and button overflow issues are fixed
Invalid CAPTCHAs now show a clear "Erroneous CAPTCHA" message
A footer link to the current release has been added
Proxy responses now strip unwanted headers for images and video playback
Companion CSP headers and check identifiers are generated once and reused correctly

For full release notes, visit https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases

Version 2.20250913.0-1+7 months ago

This update fixes playback and startup issues by adding the new companion component.

Other Key Highlights:

DASH now enabled by default due to YouTube stream changes
Graceful handling of parse errors: broken items replaced with error cards
Player upgrades: persistent caption styles and default playlist selection
Enhanced keyboard shortcuts for caption customization
Improved stability for video retrieval without Companion
API gains support for structured parse-error JSON responses
Significant bug fixes for livestream proxying, feeds, playlists, search, and video info

For full release notes, visit https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases

Version 2.20250913.0+7 months ago

This release brings new features, improvements and bug fixes. Key Highlights:

DASH now enabled by default due to YouTube stream changes
Graceful handling of parse errors: broken items replaced with error cards
Player upgrades: persistent caption styles and default playlist selection
Enhanced keyboard shortcuts for caption customization
Improved stability for video retrieval without Companion
API gains support for structured parse-error JSON responses
Significant bug fixes for livestream proxying, feeds, playlists, search, and video info

For full release notes, visit https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases

Version 2.20250517.0+11 months ago

This release brings small improvements and bug fixes.

For full release notes, visit https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases

Version 2.20250314.0+last year

This release brings the long awaited feature of supporting multiple audio tracks in a video, some bug fixes and UX improvements, and many other things primarily oriented to self-hosting instances, and developers using the API.

Key improvements in this release:

Invidious now supports videos with multiple audio tracks allowing you to select which one you want to hear with!
Channel pages now have a proper previous page button
RSS feeds for channels will no longer contain the channel's profile picture
Support for channel courses page has been added
Community tabs has been replaced with Posts to comply with YouTube changes
Tamil is now an available interface language.

For full release notes, visit https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/releases

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