User guide

What you can actually do with TypeType once it is up and you are signed in.

TypeType is a complete, self-hostable ecosystem for YouTube, NicoNico, and BiliBili, your own account, library, and player, backed by your own API server, downloader, and login services, all running on your instance.

At a glance

• Watch from YouTube, NicoNico, and BiliBili in one place, with a real player, quality and speed control, cinema mode, native picture-in-picture, subtitles, audio tracks, SponsorBlock, and frame-by-frame stepping. See Watching & the player.
• Build a library, subscriptions, playlists, history, watch later, and favorites, that stays on your instance. See Your library.
• Find things, search, channels, Shorts, podcasts, and a home feed. See Finding content.
• Sign in with a local account or single sign-on (OIDC). See Signing in.
• Make it yours, playback defaults, languages, captions, SponsorBlock, and which surfaces you see. See Settings.
• Stay in control, clear your history, block channels, and manage your data. See Privacy & blocking.

Bringing your data in

Already have subscriptions and playlists elsewhere? You can import them from a Google Takeout export or a PipePipe backup, see Importing your data.

First time here?

If you have not set up an instance yet, start with the self-hosting guide. This user guide assumes you already have an instance and an account.