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# PokeTube Source Repo - GitHub 
  
## Table of contents 
- [About](#about)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Why Poketube](#why-poketube)
- [Legal Stuff](#legal-stuff)


## About 
- This is the source code of PokeTube! (whoa) the youtube front-end that doesnt tracks you 
  - For matomos source code,see [here](https://github.com/poketube-org/poketube/tree/main/t)
  - Distrotube review [here](https://poketube.fun/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) 
 

## Usage 
- To self host you'll need  [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) 
  - which comes with [npm](http://npmjs.com) installed on your computer 
  - for nyArch Linuwu [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nodejs-git)
- First clone poketube
```
git clone https://github.com/poketube-org/poketube
```
- Run the following command inside poketube/
```
npm install 
```
- Now run 
```
node server.js
```
- Poketube is running on `localhost:3000` 
## Why PokeTube
- Lyrics for songs!
- Beautiful UI (Dont expect much tho lol)
- No cookies,no data collection
- Javascript-free on frontend
- No ads & Tracking
- 100% free software
- See Dislike counts from [Return YouTube Dislike Api](https://www.returnyoutubedislike.com/)!
- Uses LightTube api
- <a href="https://github.com/iamashley0/poketube/tree/main/sdk">Custom sdk!</a> 

## Legal Stuff

[Privacy Policy](https://poketube.fun/privacy) <br>
TL;DR:we dont collect or share your personal info lol
