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Materialious vs Piped: catalog facts
Materialious	Piped
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Android, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Clean Material Design interface Local video fallback when Invidious fails	Optional stream proxying hides the viewer from YouTube entirely SponsorBlock and subscriptions without any account
Relies on Invidious instances, which can be unreliable Access can break when YouTube changes	Proxying costs the instance operator significant bandwidth Public instances are often rate limited
Downloadable app, Web application, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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