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Piped vs Invidious: catalog facts
Piped	Invidious
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Optional stream proxying hides the viewer from YouTube entirely SponsorBlock and subscriptions without any account	Subscriptions and per-channel RSS without a Google account Can be self-hosted so nothing depends on someone else's instance
Proxying costs the instance operator significant bandwidth Public instances are often rate limited	Public instances are frequently rate limited or blocked by YouTube Playback reliability varies between instances
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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