Youlag is a FreshRSS extension that allows you to browse your YouTube and article RSS feeds through a modernized design that incorporates quality-of-life features.
It is designed for a distraction-free experience, for people who want to be intentional about their viewing habits.
Why?
Subscribe to creators via RSS without a Google account, stay free of algorithms, and access your subscriptions from any device. Youlag can also be used just for article reading.
Highlights v4.3.0
- Video entries supports direct links and can now e.g. be opened in new tabs.
- The floating miniplayer restores position and autoplays on its own when you navigate, so no more manually hitting play.
- Mobile: Swipe left side of the screen to open/close the sidebar.
- Hide description intro if it contain links; reduce chance of seeing sponsored content.
Other features
- Block incoming YouTube shorts
- Replace clickbait thumbnails/titles, via DeArrow
- Whitelist specific categories to use the video mode layout, leave rest in article mode
- Floating miniplayer that follows across pages; read articles while watching videos
- Supports Invidious
Find more details: https://github.com/civilblur/youlag
This looks great, the whole setup. I have been wanting a way for my kid to have a more curated access to YouTube.
Supports Invidious
As I was reading down the post, that’s what I was thinking. Would be great to pipe it through Invideous. I may have my next project.
I was actually contemplating if I should’ve omitted the mention of Invidious, seeing how it is a niche feature, but I guess it was the right call to keep it.
