## Wats in dis readme uwu?:
- [Welcome!](#Welcome!)
- [No Non-free codec needed :3](#no-non-free-codec-needed-3)
- [Hosting Poketube~](#hosting-poketube)
- [PokeTube Offical Communitys](#poketube-community)
- [The Legal Stuff](#the-legal-stuff)
## Welcome!
This is the source code of PokeTube, the privacy-friendly youtube front-end built with the InnerTube API ([Docs](https://docs.poketube.fun)) that's packed with some pretty cool stuff including:
- ZERO ads
- Lyrics to songs
- A clean and modern UI
- A Javascript-free frontend
- No cookies or data collection
- And built-in dislike counts Thaks to the [Return YouTube Dislike Api](https://www.returnyoutubedislike.com/)!
## No Non-free codec needed :3
PokeTube uses openh264 which is free software! poketube does not inculude non free stuff owowowoow!!!!
you can view the source code of the openh264 codec in this repo :3 --> https://github.com/cisco/openh264.git
## Hosting Poketube~
- To self host your own Poketube instance, you'll need the following:
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
- [npm](http://npmjs.com) (Included with Node.js)
Once you have everything, clone our repo:
```
git clone https://codeberg.org/ashley/poketube.git
```
You can also clone using our Github mirror if you'd prefer:
```
git clone https://github.com/ashley0143/poketube.git
```
Now, install the needed dependencies within the Poketube folder:
```
npm install
```
Once everythings installed, start your server with the following command:
```
node server.js
```
Congrats, Poketube should now be running on `localhost:3000`!
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## PokeTube community!
Offical poketube community servers :3
[Revolt](https://rvlt.gg/1em7QW8C)
[Discord](https://discord.gg/a3JFtTHUnp) (requires nonfree js - see stallman.org/discord.html )
## The Legal Stuff (boring tbh)
[Code Of conduct](https://codeberg.org/Ashley/poketube/src/branch/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
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[Privacy Policy](https://poketube.fun/privacy)
TL;DR: we dont collect or share your personal info, that's it lol
We additionally use the GNU Coding Standard, see https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards
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