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Invidious · on a Docker VPS v2025.05.02

YouTube, no ads or Google tracking

🔒 VPS only

A private Invidious instance, to be installed and maintained by you on a VPS Docker DINAO. Watch YouTube videos without ads, without tracking, and without a Google account — your searches stay in France.

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Hosted in FranceNo ads or trackingNo Google account requiredGDPR compliantOfficial publisher image
Overview

What is Invidious?

Invidious is an open-source alternative front-end for YouTube that respects privacy. It allows you to browse YouTube videos, channels, and playlists without ads, without Google cookies, and without tracking, through a lightweight interface that loads much faster than the official site.

Unlike the standard YouTube player, Invidious does not execute Google's advertising and tracking scripts. It offers local accounts to manage your subscriptions and playlists without relying on a Google account, audio-only mode for listening, free quality selection, as well as RSS feeds and a public API to follow channels.

Written in Crystal, the project is actively maintained by a community that regularly adapts Invidious to YouTube's changes. Self-hosted, it ensures that your search history and viewing habits remain private rather than feeding the advertising profile managed by mainstream platforms.

Compatible offers

Host Invidious at DINAO

No managed container for Invidious: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 cœur / 1 Go / 5 Go minimum).

Invidious needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: bind mount of a host path (named volumes only in the managed offer).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €28,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Invidious installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: the folders Invidious needs are created on it
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Invidious without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Invidious or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Invidious yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs InvidiousDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Invidious: 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Invidious: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€28,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Invidious (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 cœur
ideal : 2 cœurs
Memory
1 Go
ideal : 2 Go
Disk
5 Go
ideal : 10 Go
Image : quay.io/invidious/invidious:latest Registry : quay.io Services : invidious, invidious-db Ports : 3000:3000
Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Invidious 6 questions

Do I need a Google account to use it?

No, that's the whole point. You can watch videos without any Google account, and create a local Invidious account to keep your subscriptions and playlists — without Google knowing.

How does Invidious remove ads?

Invidious fetches video streams without going through YouTube's official player, which is the vector for ads and tracking. You get the video, without the ad breaks or advertising scripts.

Is it legal and stable?

Invidious is a widely used open-source project. YouTube regularly updates its mechanisms, which may require patches: you monitor these changes and apply updates to keep the service operational on your VPS.

Can I import my existing subscriptions?

Yes. Invidious allows you to import your subscriptions (notably via an OPML file) and export them at any time. No lock-in: your data follows you.

Where are the data hosted?

On DINAO's French infrastructure, in one of the available data centers. Your searches and preferences never leave the territory.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Invidious on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Invidious on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.