https://github.com/0adri3n/pocketyoutube

A minimalist Youtube Navigator
https://github.com/0adri3n/pocketyoutube

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A minimalist Youtube Navigator

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/0adri3n/pocketyoutube
• Owner: 0adri3n
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-07-03T21:03:36.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-11-07T14:43:53.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-07T15:22:03.704Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: electron, minimal, nodejs, youtube
• Language: HTML
• Homepage:
• Size: 269 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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PocketYoutube




A minimalist YouTube Navigator


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❓ Why 


I've decided to build this project because I was loosing some FPS on games due to YouTube videos playing on my browser.

So I thought about a light Electron app playing YouTube videos via embed 🕺

Project Screenshots:


![image](https://github.com/0adri3n/PocketYoutube/assets/62818208/4c942ecb-ef0f-46aa-b3e7-ba09992061e7)

![image](https://github.com/0adri3n/PocketYoutube/assets/62818208/6522a787-b2c0-47cb-82f0-1318429a8962)

![image](https://github.com/0adri3n/PocketYoutube/assets/62818208/d4234941-0139-4d56-b3c9-8c73bf95221b)

![image](https://github.com/0adri3n/PocketYoutube/assets/62818208/d9f084d9-80c0-44c5-a558-e4d51db09014)

![image](https://github.com/0adri3n/PocketYoutube/assets/62818208/55f7aaf3-eaab-4e91-933f-c642d1e0da0d)

🧐 Features


Here're some of the project's best features:

*   Look up for videos

*   Play it via YouTube Embed

*   History system

*   Like System

*   Discord RPC

*   Settings Window

*   Not claiming 100% of your ressources

Here're some of the project's worst features:

*   Can't play videos under copyright 😿

🛠️ Installation Steps:


You can download a portable version to avoid downloading Node.js :)
Want it from source code ? Let's go.


1. Download the repository


2. Start it with npm


```

npm start

```

3. That's it !


🐧 Oh, you're using Linux ? Gotchu :


PocketYoutube is avalaible on the snap store.

[![Get it from the Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/static/images/badges/en/snap-store-black.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/pocketyoutube)

[![pocketyoutube](https://snapcraft.io/pocketyoutube/badge.svg)](https://snapcraft.io/pocketyoutube)

  

💻 Built with


Technologies used in the project:

*   Node.js

*   Electron

*   YouTube iframe

🛡️ License:


This project is licensed under the MIT

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