flazeiguess/zerodig

zerodig is a single web page that gives you a much more powerful way to search YouTube than the site itself offers. It uses YouTube's own Data API to expose every search filter Google makes available, including ones YouTube's normal search box hides, such as filtering by license type, video category, exact duration, and definition. It also adds filters the API cannot do on its own, like a minimum number of views or likes, by fetching results and then sorting them in your browser. Everything runs client side in the browser, with no server and no build step. The page is hosted for free on GitHub Pages, and you can also run it yourself with any simple local web server. There is no tracking and no login. To use it, you get a free YouTube Data API key from Google Cloud Console, paste it into the page, and it is saved in your browser's local storage. Because the app talks directly to Google's API from your browser, the README is upfront that your API key sits in the browser and could be read by someone inspecting network traffic while you use the page. It suggests restricting the key so it only works on your domain and only for the YouTube Data API, and explains that Google gives a daily quota of 10,000 units, with a typical search costing around 100 to 300 units depending on how deep you search. The tool works in two steps: first it runs a normal YouTube search with your chosen filters, then it fetches extra details for each result, like view counts or subscriber counts, so it can apply the extra filters and let you re-sort by views, likes, or length. It keeps fetching more pages automatically until it reaches a depth you set. The interface has a plain black and white terminal style, with only video thumbnails shown in color.