Youlag is a FreshRSS extension that allows you to browse your YouTube and article feeds through a modernized design that incorporates quality-of-life features.
Optimized for both watching videos and reading articles.
Why?
Stay connected with creators without a Google account by using RSS. Don't be tied to a specific platform and access your subscriptions from any device.
You can also use Youlag solely for its theme and quality of life features, ignoring any video feature.
Highlights v4.1.0
This is the biggest update yet, featuring many customization options! Additionally, the UI has been refreshed, along with numerous tweaks and performance improvements.
- Whitelist specific categories to use the video mode layout
- Block incoming YouTube shorts
- Modernized interface for articles
- Swipe down in video mode to activate mini player
- Mini player follows across pages; read articles while keeping a floating video at the bottom
...25+ more updates in the changelog
Other features
- Use Invidious instance as video playback source
- Fullscreen video interface for viewing videos
- Close videos/articles using
Esckey or browserBacknavigation.- Especially handy for smartphones, where you can swipe to trigger
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- Especially handy for smartphones, where you can swipe to trigger
Find more details: https://github.com/civilblur/youlag
I like the idea of having YouTube in my FreshRSS instance, but I can't get the setting correct. I selected that I only want the layout in my YouTube category, but it's still everywhere. Also, when I open a YouTube item, it looks the same as any other article. I do have a bunch of other layout related extensions enabled, so it might be because of that.
I like it, but I'll need to play with it a bit more and try to get it to work.
I recently stood up a Miniflux instance. Any reason in particular to look at FreshRSS?
It depends on your needs, as with most things. I chose FreshRSS as it allowed me to customize it, to turn it into a YouTube subscription feed. Before I created Youlag, I was using FreshRSS' official YouTube plugin for this purpose.
I did stumble upon Miniflux while deciding on a RSS reader, but never considered it as it didn't include thumbnails in the feed view.
Thank you for your insight.