rsstube 0.6.15

A simple desktop application for Youtube, based on RSS feeds.

RSS Tube

A simple desktop application for Youtube, based on RSS feeds.

Download

Download the latest release.

or, install via pip:

$ pip install rsstube

Features

• 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.

Dark theme	Light theme

Manual Installation

Get the source and install the requirements:

$ git clone https://github.com/seird/rsstube
$ cd rsstube
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Run from source

$ python -m rss_tube

Create a pyinstaller executable

$ pip install pyinstaller
$ pyinstaller rss-tube.spec

An executable is created at dist/rsstube/rsstube.

Create a deb package

$ make build

# or install

$ sudo make install

(Inno setup (Windows))

Create an installer for windows with inno setup:

$ iscc rss-tube.iss

Requirements

• 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)