TubeX

A forward proxy to YouTube written in nodejs based on videojs, koa, axios, ytsr and ytdl-core.

Intoduction

By deploying this tiny forward proxy on your VPS as a website, you can:

• search and watch youtube videos without reverse proxy;
• watch youtube videos online without ads;
• watch youtube videos with accelerated play rates;
• watch/download youtube videos in different qualities (360p/720p).

Usage

Install TubeX by npm:

• npm i tubex
• cd ~/node_modules/tubex

Put your app.key and app.crt in this folder, or create a self-signed certificate with openssl:

• openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout app.key -out app.crt

Then start server in background:

• sudo nohup ./server.js >> tubex.log 2>&1 &

Now you can access your website in browsers.

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