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# Subfeed
Self-hosted, multi-user web app for browsing **your own YouTube subscriptions** the way you
actually want: precise filtering and sorting (by language, topic, length, age, watch state…),
a fast local-first feed, and one-click playback that opens the real youtube.com — so your
browser's ad blocking and SponsorBlock keep working exactly as before.
Each user signs in with their own Google account (invite-only) and sees only their own
subscriptions. All the expensive data (channels, videos, metadata) is fetched from YouTube
once and stored locally, so filtering/searching/sorting are instant and don't burn API quota.
> Status: early development. Milestone **M1** (foundation) is in place: docker-compose stack,
> FastAPI backend, Google OAuth login with an email invite-list, and encrypted token storage.
## Requirements
- Docker + Docker Compose
- A Google Cloud project with an OAuth client (see below)
## Quick start
1. Copy the env template and generate secrets:
```sh
cp .env.example .env
python -c "import secrets;print('SECRET_KEY=',secrets.token_urlsafe(48))"
python -c "import base64,os;print('TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY=',base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(32)).decode())"
```
Paste the generated values into `.env`.
2. Create a Google OAuth client (Google Cloud Console → APIs & Services):
- Enable the **YouTube Data API v3**.
- OAuth consent screen: **External**, publishing status **Testing**, and add every invited
Google account as a **Test user** (up to 100 — no app verification needed at this scale).
- Create credentials → **OAuth client ID** → type **Web application**.
- Authorized redirect URI: `http://localhost:8080/auth/callback`
(must match `OAUTH_REDIRECT_URL` in `.env`).
- Put the client ID/secret into `.env`, and list invited emails in `ALLOWED_EMAILS`.
3. Start it:
```sh
docker compose up --build
```
Open http://localhost:8080 and sign in. Database migrations run automatically on startup.
## Backup & moving to another machine
All data lives in the `pgdata` Postgres volume — moving to another host (e.g. a Proxmox Linux
server) does **not** require re-fetching from YouTube. Copy your `.env` (keep the same
`TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY` and Google client so stored tokens stay valid), then:
```sh
./scripts/backup.sh # -> backups/subfeed-<timestamp>.dump (Windows: scripts\backup.ps1)
./scripts/restore.sh backups/<file> # on the new host after `docker compose up`
```
## Tech
FastAPI + PostgreSQL backend, React + Vite frontend (added in a later milestone), packaged with
Docker Compose.
## Note
This project is developed with AI assistance.