Invidious
Invidious is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Servers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Crystal. It is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube and ships a Docker image. It has 25,778 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Media Servers
- Crystal
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 25,778
- Forks
- 2,883
- Open issues
- 400
- Commits, last 12 months
- 255
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.20261022.0Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Feb 7, 2018
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 255 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases6 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 255 |
| Latest release | v2.20261022.0 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 6 |
| Releases, all time | 38 |
| Open issues | 400 |
| Open pull requests | 95 |
| Good first issues | 14 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Feb 7, 2018 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Invidious
Alternative YouTube front-end.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/iv-org/invidious.
Topics
- invidious
- watch
- agplv3
- youtube
- video
- youtube-video
- libre
- hacktoberfest
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Is Invidious free and open source?
Yes. Invidious is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Invidious with Docker?
Yes. Invidious provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Invidious?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Invidious include Jellyfin, SRS and Kodi. Invidious itself is a self-hosted alternative to YouTube.
Is Invidious actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Invidious was on Oct 26, 2026 with 255 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.20261022.0, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 400 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.