Invidioucious

Watch Youtube privately on Invidious. Zero requests to Youtube, even with embedded videos. You can set dark mode, individual URL, proxy mode and more.
What is Invidioucious?
Invidioucious is a Firefox add-on that allows you to watch Youtube privately on Invidious. It redirects all requests to an Invidious instance, ensuring zero connections to Google. With features like dark mode, individual URL, proxy mode, and more, it offers a private and customizable Youtube experience.

Add-on stats

By: JanKKM
Users: 29 ▼ -1
Rating: 3.67 (12)
Version: 0.9.8.4 (Last updated: 2019-09-18)
Creation date: 2019-05-15
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • <all_urls>
Size: 243.59K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

All of Youtube but without the privacy issues that come with Google. Invidioucious catches every request to Youtube and redirects to an Invidious instance of your choice (default is invidio.us), zero connections to Google if you enable proxy mode. You can preset the options that Invidious offers:

-Dark mode -Thin mode -Video quality (small, medium, 720p or DASH) -Proxy mode (if enabled no connection to youtube/google are made) -Autoplay -Loop -Any other argument that invidious supports -You can also set the url of the Invidious instance you want to use.

The settings are persistent so you can clear cookies in Firefox without loosing them.

It also works on embedded videos.

User reviews

Captures start pager of youtube effectively blocking access to my subscriptions
by End User, 2023-12-23
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Invidioucious requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Invidioucious has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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