Invidious

Is Invidious actively maintained?

Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 227 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 131 of them.

Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 297% more commits than the one before it.

The most recent tagged release, v2.20260804.1, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.

Note that Invidious depends on a third-party service to work fully. It is self-hosted, but not self-contained: if that external service changes its terms or disappears, your instance is affected.

Of the 19 projects we track in Media Streaming - Video Streaming, Invidious ranks #3 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.

What Invidious actually does

Invidious provides an alternative front-end for accessing video streaming platforms without relying on official client applications. It allows you to watch content through a lightweight web interface designed to bypass heavy client-side scripts and tracking. The application is built using Crystal and distributed with Docker support.

Best fit: This is a good fit if you want to stream online videos through a minimal interface that prioritises lightweight access and avoids proprietary client runtimes.

Worth knowing: Alternative front-ends for large video platforms frequently break when upstream APIs change, requiring regular updates and maintenance to remain functional.

Deployment notes

You will typically deploy this application using Docker containers behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination and incoming traffic.

Links

• Official website
• Source code
• Live demo