Lemmy bot to automatically reply to YouTube links with Piped ones (feddit.rocks)

submitted 1 year ago by kavin@feddit.rocks to c/technology@beehaw.org

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://feddit.rocks/post/3214

So I created an open-source Lemmy bot to reply to posts/comments with YouTube links with converted Piped links to preserve your privacy.

Piped is an open-source alternative privacy-friendly frontend to YouTube. You can watch the same content from YouTube without connecting to Google's servers.

You can find the source code at: https://github.com/TeamPiped/lemmy-piped-link-bot

You can find Piped's source code at: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped

PS: I'm the author of Piped :P

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Monomate@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

If Piped is basically a proxy to access YouTube videos, who pays for this proxy (which shouldn't be cheap)?

[-] kavin@feddit.rocks 12 points 1 year ago

I currently host the official instance, which is entirely run by donations. However, there are many community instances people can switch to in the preferences menu on the site. They are listed at https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/wiki/Instances

[-] Starmina@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And I would like to add that one can download "Yattee" (Privacy oriented video player for iOS, tvOS and macOS), and add any instance from this list by adding its URL in Parameters > Instances > Personalized instance. It's really an awesome client.

[-] kavin@feddit.rocks 2 points 1 year ago

You have a similar project for Android called Libretube :) Here's a list of projects that use Piped's API: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped#made-with-piped