poke/README.md

THE PRIVACY APP OF YOUR DREAMS! :3

Be anonymous while watching videos, gaming, and listening to music on Poke - the free privacy front-end!

Welcome!  |  Features  |  No Non-Free Codec  |  Hosting  |  Community  |  Legal

Welcome!

Welcome to Poke (formerly PokeTube), the privacy-friendly YouTube front-end built with the invidious API!

Features

	🔙 Built-In Return YouTube Dislikes See the dislikes from returnyoutubedislike - because sometimes you need to know how bad that video really is :3
📱 PWA Support With PWA Support, you can install Poke on your mobile device. Now you can pretend to be productive while watching cat videos on the go, mreoww! :3
🎨 Customize Customize Poke however you want. Make it as unique as your taste in memes.	📥 Accounts Suscribe (yes Suscribe hehe sussy baka) to whaever channel you want!
🔍 Web Search Search the web privately on PokeTube. Incognito mode who?	🎶 And... Ambient mode, HQ audio, and even more! :3

No Non-Free Codec Needed

Poke uses OpenH264, which is free software! No non-free components included :3 View the source code of OpenH264 here. Because who wants to deal with non-free stuff? Not us!~

Hosting Poke

NodeJS

1. Install Packages

   • Fedora/RHEL GNU/linux: $ sudo dnf install git make gcc libcurl nodejs python libcurl g++ curl-config

   • Debian/Ubuntu GNU/linux: $ sudo apt install git make gcc libcurl4-openssl-dev nodejs npm python g++

   • Alpine Linux (non-gnu): $ apk add git nodejs npm python make gcc g++ libcurl curl-dev

     (we dont know if it works on non-gnu systems)

2. Clone Repo

   • Codeberg: $ git clone https://codeberg.org/ashley/poke.git
   • GitHub: $ git clone https://github.com/ashley0143/poke.git

   reccomended unoffical mirrors:

   • git.lgbt: $ git clone https://git.lgbt/mirror/poke.git [sync every 10mins]
   • nin0git :$ git clone https://git.nin0.dev/mirrors/poke.git [sync every 10mins]

   not reccomended, unstable

   • none!!! yippee

3. Install Dependencies

   • $ cd poke
   • $ npm install

4. Start Server

   • $ node server.js

   Congrats! Poke should now be running on localhost:6003! 🎉

Poke Community

Join us on Discord or Matrix! I promise we're cool! <3

or if u like fedi, we host PokeSocial as well :3

The Legal Stuff (boring tbh)

the main parts of the project is Under GPL-3.0-OR-LATER :3

see the each sections LICENSE tho!!

Copyleft 2021-202x Poke Project, mostly ashley0143 Trans rights!

poke does not support the "source first" or "open source" movement :3

we support the free software movement (fsf.org)

Code Of conduct

Privacy Policy

TL;DR: we dont collect or share your personal info, that's it lol.

poketube.fun is proudly powered by amd!

Parts of Poke were hosted on Glitch.com from 2020 to 2023.

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