invidious-companion

Invidious-companion is a developer tool that leverages the youtube.js library to manage and manipulate video streams from Invidious instances, providing a streamlined API for tasks like extracting direct stream URLs and handling playback metadata. It is designed for developers building privacy-focused frontends or applications that need to interact with YouTube content through Invidious without relying on official APIs. Its interest lies in simplifying the integration of decentralized, ad-free video streaming into custom projects while maintaining compatibility with YouTube’s underlying stream formats.