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On macOS the expanded player window built ExpandedPlayerSheet directly in a fresh NSHostingController on every open. AppKit doesn't composite the window until that heavy view finishes its first layout pass, so the click felt like it waited for data to load before anything appeared. Host a lightweight two-phase root (black + spinner) that composites immediately, then defer building ExpandedPlayerSheet by one runloop so the window shows at once and fades in with visible loading — matching iOS. Because assigning contentViewController resizes the window to the hosting controller's fitting size (tiny for the placeholder), force the content size back to the seeded 16:9 initialSize so the window opens full-sized during the loading phase too.
Yattee
Privacy-focused video player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
Install
Features
Playback
- 4K video with custom MPV-based player (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1)
- Picture in Picture, background audio, fullscreen
- Playback queue, history, resume from last position
- Chapter navigation, playback speed, subtitles and captions
- Gesture controls (seek, volume, brightness)
- Seek preview with storyboards
Content Sources
- YouTube via Invidious, Piped, or self-hosted Yattee Server
- PeerTube instances (federated video)
- Local files, SMB network shares, WebDAV servers
Integrations
- SponsorBlock (configurable skip categories)
- DeArrow (crowdsourced titles and thumbnails)
- Return YouTube Dislike
Privacy
- No tracking, no ads, no account required
- All traffic goes through your chosen instances
Library
- Subscriptions with per-channel notifications
- Bookmarks with tags and notes, playlists, watch history
- Unified search across all configured sources
- Import/export subscriptions (JSON, CSV, OPML)
Downloads & Sync
- Offline video and audio downloads with quality selection
- iCloud sync for bookmarks, subscriptions, history, and settings across devices
- Handoff continuity between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
Apple Ecosystem
- iOS 18+ / macOS 15+ / tvOS 18+
- Native SwiftUI on every platform
- Customizable home layout, accent colors, player controls, and app icon
- Clipboard URL detection and deep linking (
yattee://) - Remote control between devices on your network
Yattee Server
A self-hosted backend powered by yt-dlp that gives Yattee superpowers.
- Direct stream URLs — gets fresh YouTube CDN URLs, bypassing Invidious/Piped blocks and rate limits
- Play from 1000+ sites — Vimeo, TikTok, Twitch, Dailymotion, Twitter/X, and anything else yt-dlp supports
- Invidious-compatible API — drop-in replacement, works alongside existing Invidious/Piped instances
- Self-hosted & private — run on your own hardware, no data leaves your network
- Fast parallel streaming — yt-dlp parallel downloading streams video while it downloads
- Admin panel — web UI for settings, credentials, and monitoring
- Docker ready — single container deployment
Check out the yattee-server repository to get started.
Documentation
Contributing
Browse the issues list or open a new one to discuss your idea. Every contribution is welcome.
See AGENTS.md for developer setup and project architecture.
Join Discord or the Matrix channel if you need advice or want to discuss the project.
Translations
Help make Yattee accessible to everyone by contributing translations.
Localization hosting provided by Weblate.
License
Yattee is shared under the AGPL v3 license.