mattelim / tobe

Tobe: A user-first YouTube video watcher that puts the remote in your hands 📺 🎛️

Tobe

A user-first YouTube video watcher that puts the remote in your hands. 📺 🎛️

Tobe pulls only videos of accounts that you have subscribed to and provides you with additional features to organize and filter them.

I created Tobe as I wanted more control over my YouTube watching habits. A lot of time is spent watching YouTube videos. Tobe aims to foster a healthier watching environment by adding features such as video filtering and channel creation, and removing certain YouTube design patterns (such as autoplay and recommendations) to minimize distraction.

Features

Channel creation

Create channels by combining your subscriptions by theme. You can add 'include' and 'exclude' filters to specify the videos by title.

Set time limits

Set a daily time limit to track how much time you have spent on Tobe.

Installation and Setup

Refer to this Google Doc for step-by-step instructions with pictures on how to set up, install, and get Tobe running.

Feel free to leave comments on the doc or an issue on GitHub if you face any difficulties during set up.

Technologies

• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• shadcn/ui
• lucide-react
• IndexedDB + Local Storage
• YouTube v3 API

Work-in-progress Features

• Subs page pagination /
• Channels summary page /channels
• Saved Lists /saved
  • Create saved list
  • Delete saved list
  • Add video to saved list
  • Delete video from saved list
  • Saved list summary page
• Watch Later /watchlater
  • Add video to watch later
  • Delete video from watch later
  • Show countdown timer for watch later videos
• Watch History /watchhistory
• More watch time metrics and settings

I built Tobe primarily for myself, feel free to make feature requests but they will not be my priority. Please feel free to fork the repo and create your own versions!