YouTube Ad-Free Frontends

Cluster focuses on alternative open-source front-ends for YouTube like Invidious, Piped, and NewPipe to avoid ads, trackers, and Google tracking, with recommendations and comparisons to official YouTube.

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Sample Comments

lurker_jMckQT99 Mar 19, 2025 View on HN

youtube, probably elsewhere as well

tubbyjr Jun 1, 2021 View on HN

Use alternate youtube front-ends like Invidious

PartiallyTyped Nov 20, 2023 View on HN

Embedded youtube videos have, so I can see the xeets having ads.

NylaTheWolf Nov 23, 2021 View on HN

Enhancer for YouTube has a feature like this. Love that extension

idkcd Jul 8, 2020 View on HN

Open source front-end for YouTube https://invidio.us It has no ads, no trackers , no Google account required

kavaruka May 2, 2024 View on HN

but... it's just a youtube wrapper, what's the goal?

rvnx Feb 4, 2020 View on HN

like youtube.vg that is available ?

yourentwesplit May 12, 2010 View on HN

Seems like a well done site but can't you already to this with Youtube?

galfarragem Apr 19, 2019 View on HN

An alternative front end for Youtube. Not my project:https://invidio.us | https://github.com/omarroth/invidious

sergiotapia Oct 21, 2021 View on HN

Use better youtube alternatives: https://odysee.com/