Website report · 31 Oct 2026
hackertube.org
“HackerTube”
Tech check
What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.
Nothing found on the public page
AI / agents
“…dware & Electronics 769 Physics, Space & Chemistry 768 AI, Machine Learning & Data 718 Games & Game Development…”E20
No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.
What it is
- The Internet Archive first saved this site on 2021-12-06 (1790 days ago).E21
- The site describes itself as: “The YouTube videos that Hacker News keeps telling each other to watch.”E2
- In your browser it can copy text to your clipboard and saves small bits of data in your browser.E6E7
- It has sections such as /about, /liked, /history, /later, /settings and /a.E19
- While loading, it called 4 endpoints on its own servers, such as /api/browse, /api/config, /api/chips and 1 more.E8E9E10E11
Where your data goes
Social & embedsEmbedded videos, posts and share buttons. 1
| i.ytimg.com | YouTube: embedded videos | 60×E5 |
How key features work
Loading its content
Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/api/browse, /api/config, /api/chips and /api/feed).E8E9E10E11
/api/browse/api/config/api/chips/api/feedSaving data on your device
It saves data in your browser (localStorage), so some things persist between visits.E7
local_storagePages and API calls
Pages it links to
//about/liked/history/later/settings/a/c/watchEndpoints
Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).
Evidence
Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.
E1
Page title: HackerTube
page title · https://hackertube.org/
E2
Page description: The YouTube videos that Hacker News keeps telling each other to watch.
page description · https://hackertube.org/
E3
Site name: HackerTube
page site_name · https://hackertube.org/
E4
6 request(s) to hackertube.org
types: 5 fetch, 1 document
GET https://hackertube.org/ · fetch · 6 requests · network recording
E5
60 request(s) to i.ytimg.com
types: 60 image
GET https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9eyFDBPk4Yw/hq2.jpg · image · 60 requests · network recording
E6
Uses the browser ability: clipboard_write
can copy text to your clipboard
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 792:27 · “clipboard.writeText(” · pattern scan
E7
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 508:21 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E8
The page called /api/browse on hackertube.org (GET)
GET https://hackertube.org/api/browse · fetch · network recording
E9
The page called /api/config on hackertube.org (GET)
GET https://hackertube.org/api/config · fetch · network recording
E10
The page called /api/chips on hackertube.org (GET)
GET https://hackertube.org/api/chips · fetch · network recording
E11
The page called /api/feed on hackertube.org (GET)
GET https://hackertube.org/api/feed · fetch · network recording
E12
The code names the endpoint /api/list
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 613:12 · “/api/list” · pattern scan
E13
The code names the endpoint /api/stats
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 631:43 · “/api/stats” · pattern scan
E14
The code names the endpoint /api/export
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 631:62 · “/api/export” · pattern scan
E15
The code names the endpoint /api/docs
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 729:40 · “/api/docs” · pattern scan
E16
The code names the endpoint /api/search
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 831:26 · “/api/search” · pattern scan
E17
The code names the endpoint /api/video
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 850:27 · “/api/video” · pattern scan
E18
The code names the endpoint /api/related
hackertube.org/ (page HTML) @ 899:26 · “/api/related” · pattern scan
E19
110 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://hackertube.org/ · /, /about, /liked, /history, /later, /settings, /a, /c, /watch
E20
The site says: “…dware & Electronics 769 Physics, Space & Chemistry 768 AI, Machine Learning & Data 718 Games & Game Development…”
page text · https://hackertube.org/ · …dware & Electronics 769 Physics, Space & Chemistry 768 AI, Machine Learning & Data 718 Games & Game Development…
E21
The Internet Archive first saved hackertube.org on 2021-12-06 and has snapshots from 2 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/20211206152105/hackertube.org
Limits
- We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
- Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
- Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
- We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
- The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
- This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id Aq3O8h7v.