<![CDATA[OpenTubeX Sync Server - Self-Hosted, End-to-End Encrypted Sync Backend for the OpenTubeX YouTube Client]]>
  • OpenTubeX Sync Server - Self-Hosted, End-to-End Encrypted Sync Backend for the OpenTubeX YouTube Client
  • Summary:
    • Rust sync backend for the OpenTubeX YouTube client (a FreeTube fork) that keeps subscriptions, playlists, watch history, profiles, sessions, and settings in sync across devices — forked from LibreTube's sync server
    • Clients encrypt every collection with a separate privacy passphrase before upload, so the server only ever stores opaque, revisioned documents: it sees account activity, IPs, and collection names, but never synced data, device names, or the key
    • Modern sync protocol with per-collection revisioning, incremental encrypted changes, live sync via long-poll cursors and encrypted device-to-device requests, session-bound JWTs, QR-based device pairing, and OIDC login
  • Notes:
    • Perfect for privacy-minded self-hosters: single small Rust binary, SQLite or PostgreSQL, ARM64 support, and a documented reverse-proxy/X-Forwarded-For setup so rate limiting stays correct behind Cloudflare Tunnel or a proxy
    • Deliberately ops-friendly but strict — it never auto-migrates a database (you must explicitly approve each migration version), and username_secret must never change or every account is locked out
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/16288/opentubex-sync-server-self-hosted-end-to-end-encrypted-sync-backend-for-the-opentubex-youtube-clientRSS for NodeSat, 14 Nov 2026 00:16:07 GMTThu, 12 Nov 2026 14:07:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to OpenTubeX Sync Server - Self-Hosted, End-to-End Encrypted Sync Backend for the OpenTubeX YouTube Client on Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:48:26 GMT]]>In short: Invidious is the server that proxies YouTube's data; OpenTubeX is a client you install on your machine that can either talk to YouTube directly or route through an Invidious instance.

OpenTubeX sync server is the server which sync profiles, config, data between OpenTubeX clients.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/132845https://forum.cloudron.io/post/132845Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:48:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OpenTubeX Sync Server - Self-Hosted, End-to-End Encrypted Sync Backend for the OpenTubeX YouTube Client on Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:39:35 GMT]]>So this is an alternative for Invidious?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/132844https://forum.cloudron.io/post/132844Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:39:35 GMT