A simple desktop application for Youtube, based on RSS feeds.
or, install via pip:
$ pip install rsstube
- Subscribe to youtube (and soundcloud) channels via RSS without needing a google account.
- Launch mpv (or other external video players) directly from the gui.
- Rule based filters to automatically delete new entries or mark them as viewed.
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Get the source and install the requirements:
$ git clone https://github.com/seird/rsstube
$ cd rsstube
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python -m rss_tube
$ pip install pyinstaller
$ pyinstaller rss-tube.spec
An executable is created at dist/rsstube/rsstube.
$ make build
# or install
$ sudo make install
Create an installer for windows with inno setup:
$ iscc rss-tube.iss
- Python >= 3.8
- lxml
- PyQt6
- requests
- schedule
- packaging
- (pysocks to connect to a socks5 proxy)
- (mpv + yt-dlp/youtube-dl or vlc, to directly play videos)