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# # KV-Tube
**KV-Tube** is a distraction-free, privacy-focused YouTube frontend designed for a premium viewing experience. **A Distraction-Free, Privacy-Focused YouTube Client**
### 🚀 **New Features (v2.0 Updates)** > [!NOTE]
* **Horizontal-First Experience**: Strictly enforces horizontal videos across all categories. "Shorts" and vertical content are aggressively filtered out for a cleaner, cinematic feed. > Designed for a premium, cinematic viewing experience.
* **Personalized Discovery**:
* **Suggested for You**: Dynamic recommendations based on your local watch history.
* **You Might Like**: curated discovery topics to help you find new interests.
* **Refined Tech Feed**: Specialized "Tech & AI" section focusing on gadget reviews, unboxings, and deep dives (no spammy vertical clips).
* **Performance**: Optimized fetching limits to ensure rich, full grids of content despite strict filtering.
## Features KV-Tube removes the clutter and noise of modern YouTube, focusing purely on the content you love. It strictly enforces a horizontal-first video policy, aggressively filtering out Shorts and vertical "TikTok-style" content to keep your feed clean and high-quality.
* **No Ads**: Watch videos without interruptions.
* **Privacy Focused**: No Google account required. Watch history is stored locally (managed by SQLite).
- **Trending**: Browse trending videos by category (Tech, Music, Gaming, etc.).
- **Auto-Captions**: English subtitles automatically enabled if available.
- **AI Summary**: (Optional) Extractive summarization of video content running locally.
- **PWA Ready**: Installable on mobile devices with a responsive drawer layout.
- **Dark/Light Mode**: User preference persisted in settings.
## 🚀 Deployment ### 🚀 **Key Features (v2.0)**
### Option A: Docker Compose (Recommended for Synology NAS) * **🚫 Ads-Free & Privacy-First**: Watch without interruptions. No Google account required. All watch history is stored locally on your device (or self-hosted DB).
* **📺 Horizontal-First Experience**: Say goodbye to "Shorts". The feed only displays horizontal, cinematic content.
* **🔍 Specialized Feeds**:
* **Tech & AI**: Clean feed for gadget reviews and deep dives.
* **Trending**: See what's popular across major categories (Music, Gaming, News).
* **Suggested for You**: Personalized recommendations based on your local watch history.
* **🧠 Local AI Integration**:
* **Auto-Captions**: Automatically enables English subtitles.
* **AI Summary**: (Optional) Generate quick text summaries of videos locally.
* **⚡ High Performance**: Optimized for speed with smart caching and rate-limit handling.
* **📱 PWA Ready**: Install on your phone or tablet with a responsive, app-like interface.
This is the easiest way to run KV-Tube. ---
1. Create a folder named `kv-tube` on your NAS/Server. ## 🛠️ Deployment
2. Copy `docker-compose.yml` into that folder.
3. Create a `data` folder inside `kv-tube`.
4. Run the container.
**docker-compose.yml** You can run KV-Tube easily using Docker (recommended for NAS/Servers) or directly with Python.
### Option A: Docker Compose (Recommended)
Ideal for Synology NAS, Unraid, or casual servers.
1. Create a folder `kv-tube` and add the `docker-compose.yml` file.
2. Run the container:
```bash
docker-compose up -d
```
3. Access the app at: **http://localhost:5011**
**docker-compose.yml**:
```yaml ```yaml
version: '3.8' version: '3.8'
services: services:
kv-tube: kv-tube:
image: vndangkhoa/kvtube:latest image: vndangkhoa/kv-tube:v2.1
container_name: kv-tube container_name: kv-tube
restart: unless-stopped restart: unless-stopped
ports: ports:
- "5011:5001" - "5011:5000"
volumes: volumes:
- ./data:/app/data - ./data:/app/data
environment: environment:
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- FLASK_ENV=production - FLASK_ENV=production
``` ```
**Run Command:**
```bash
docker-compose up -d
```
Access the app at `http://YOUR_NAS_IP:5011`
### Option B: Local Development (Python) ### Option B: Local Development (Python)
For developers or running locally on a PC.
1. **Clone the repository:** 1. **Clone & Install**:
```bash ```bash
git clone https://github.com/vndangkhoa/kv-tube.git git clone https://github.com/vndangkhoa/kv-tube.git
cd kv-tube cd kv-tube
``` python -m venv .venv
# Windows
2. **Install Dependencies:** .venv\Scripts\activate
```bash # Linux/Mac
python3 -m venv venv source .venv/bin/activate
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
``` ```
3. **Run:** 2. **Run**:
```bash ```bash
python3 app.py python wsgi.py
``` ```
Open `http://127.0.0.1:5001` in your browser.
## 🛠️ Configuration 3. Access the app at: **http://localhost:5002**
The app is zero-config by default. ---
- **Database**: SQLite (stored in `./data/kvtube.db`)
- **Port**: 5001 (internal), mapped to 5011 in Docker compose example.
## 📝 License ## ⚙️ Configuration
Proprietary / Personal Use.
KV-Tube is designed to be "Zero-Config", but you can customize it via Environment Variables (in `.env` or Docker).
| Variable | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `FLASK_ENV` | `production` | Set to `development` for debug mode. |
| `KVTUBE_DATA_DIR` | `./data` | Location for the SQLite database. |
| `KVTUBE_VIDEO_DIR` | `./videos` | (Optional) Location for downloaded videos. |
| `SECRET_KEY` | *(Auto)* | Session security key. Set manually for persistence. |
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## 🔌 API Endpoints
KV-Tube exposes a RESTful API for its frontend.
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `/api/search` | `GET` | Search for videos. |
| `/api/stream_info` | `GET` | Get raw stream URLs (HLS/MP4). |
| `/api/suggested` | `GET` | Get recommendations based on history. |
| `/api/download` | `GET` | Get direct download link for a video. |
| `/api/history` | `GET` | Retrieve local watch history. |
---
## 📜 License
Proprietary / Personal Use.
Created by **Khoa N.D**