README.md

Hobune

A lightweight static HTML generator for self-hosting yt-dlp video archives.

Features

• Static HTML (fast and secure)
• Parses yt-dlp info.json format
• Channel pages (with thumbnails, name history)
• Watch page (with stats, description etc)
• Download buttons (video, description, thumbnail, subtitles)
• Highlight deleted/unlisted videos
• Client-side search/sorting

Usage

1. Clone this repo (or download as zip).

2. Rename the default.json file to config.json and edit the variables to suit your setup:

   • site_name: Name/Title of the site (e.g. "Hobune")
   • files_path: Local path of the video files (e.g. "/var/www/html/files/")
   • files_web_path: Web path of the video files (e.g. "/files/" or "https://example.com/files/")
   • web_root: Web root path (e.g. "/" or "https://example.com/")
   • output_path: Output path for the HTML files (e.g. "/var/www/html/")
   • add_html_ext: Add HTML extension to links (e.g. link to /videos/foobar.html instead of /videos/foobar)
   • removed_videos_file: A text file where each line ends with a removed video ID (optional, e.g. "~/removed_videos.txt")
   • unlisted_videos_file: Unlisted videos file - similar to the removed videos file (optional)

3. Run python3 hobune.py, this will generate HTML files in your output_path.

4. (optionally) Configure your webserver to allow downloads from /dl URLs and HTML pages without extensions.

# nginx sample config

location / {
    try_files $uri.html $uri $uri/ =404;
}

location /dl {
    alias /var/www/html/;
    add_header Content-disposition "attachment; filename=$1";
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}

It is also recommended to edit the python script to suit your exact needs, since your setup probably won't be 1:1 same as the expected one.