YTFinder

Laravel + Vue.js dashboard that scans a YouTube channel once, stores video metadata in SQLite, and lets you browse/sort videos by length. Great for choosing yoga sessions that last exactly 6min :-)

Versions

Master branch is written in Laravel + MySQL. There's also node branch, which uses Node.js and SQLite.

What this solves

• Input a URL like https://www.youtube.com/@YogaWithBird/videos
• Scan all channel videos through YouTube Data API v3 (paginated)
• Store title, duration, publish date & views
• Highlights videos by keywords (morning / evening / stress)
• Persist isFavorite and clickCount
• Show previously scanned channels immediately on dashboard load
• Click a channel to view its videos

Tech stack

• Backend: Laravel + MySQL
• Frontend: Vue 3 + Vite

Prerequisites

• PHP8+
• A YouTube Data API key

Setup

1. Install dependencies:
   • composer install
   • npm install
   • npm run build
2. Configure env:
   • cp .env.example .env
   • set YOUTUBE_API_KEY in .env