wista-project is an open-source organization exploring
YouTube alternatives and decentralized video consumption on the web.

We believe that video platforms should not be locked behind opaque algorithms, forced accounts, or centralized control.

Our goal is to experiment with freer, more modular, and more transparent ways to search, access, and watch video content on the open web.

• Avoid dependency on a single centralized video platform
• Separate search, metadata, delivery, and playback
• Favor open-source tools and inspectable architectures
• Enable experimentation, forks, and self-hosting
• Keep the web accessible for individuals and small communities

This project is not a clone of YouTube,
but an exploration of alternative architectures.

We use Invidious as a reference and integration point for:

• Searching YouTube content without official APIs
• Accessing metadata without user tracking
• Reducing reliance on Google accounts

Invidious demonstrates how search and metadata can be decoupled from the original platform.

yt-dlp is used as an experimental backend tool to:

• Resolve video streams and formats
• Extract media URLs dynamically
• Explore client-side or proxy-based playback approaches

This layer allows WISTA to remain format-agnostic
and adaptable to changes in upstream platforms.

Instead of a monolithic platform, WISTA is designed as a composition of parts:

• Search providers (e.g. Invidious)
• Stream resolvers (e.g. yt-dlp)
• Frontend players (Web-based SPA)
• Hosting options (GitHub Pages, edge platforms, self-hosting)

Each component can be replaced, modified, or self-hosted.

This modularity is intentional.

A web-based YouTube alternative focused on:

• Clean UI

• Client-side experimentation

• Flexible backends

• Modern frontend architecture

• 🌐 Website: https://wista-project.github.io

• 📁 Repository: https://github.com/wista-project/wista-project.github.io

Built mainly as a Single Page Application (SPA).

• Node.js
• Python
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• HTML / CSS

• React
• Vue.js
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS

• GitHub Pages
• Cloudflare
• Render / Replit / Deno

Contributions are welcome — especially from people interested in:

• Alternative video platforms
• Decentralized web architecture
• Privacy-friendly tooling
• Experimental frontend design

Please see individual repositories for details.

📧 Email: wista-project@outlook.jp
🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/wista-wl-project

wista-project は、
YouTube に依存しない動画視聴体験を探求する
オープンソースプロジェクトです。

Invidious・yt-dlp などのツールを活用し、
検索・取得・再生を分離した
分散的・実験的な構成を重視しています。

巨大プラットフォームに縛られない
「もう一つの選択肢」を作ることが目的です。

Each repository defines its own license.
See individual projects for details.