SyncTube
Lightweight and very simple to setup CyTube alternative to watch videos with friends and chat.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 7 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: YouTube alternatives, Netflix alternatives, Twitch alternatives, Vimeo alternatives.
At a glance
SyncTube quick facts
- Health score
- 29/100 STALE
- Stars
- 395
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Synchronized video viewing with chat and other features. Lightweight modern implementation and a very easy way to run locally."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
SyncTube scores 29/100, #13 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 7 commits in the last 90 days earn 8.2 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 395 stars add 10.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 26.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 8.2 / 35
7 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 10.4 / 20
395 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 7
- Last 90 days
- 19
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between CyTube (#12) and Tube (#14) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Haxe |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 395 |
| Open issues | 5 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | RblSb/SyncTube ↗ |
SyncTube vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with SyncTube (Media Streaming - Video Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invidious | 98 | 26k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| SRS | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Tube Archivist | 96 | 8.6k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| OvenMediaEngine | 94 | 3.3k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Rapidbay | 43 | 902 | MIT | yesterday |
| SyncTube (this tool) | 29 | 395 | MIT | 2 months ago |
SyncTube: common questions
Is SyncTube still maintained?
SyncTube had 7 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.