Hey DEV community! 👋
If you've ever tried to embed a dynamic YouTube channel feed, a live stream detector, or playlist carousel on a client site, you've probably run into two major issues:
Expensive SaaS widgets that slap watermarks on your site unless you pay a monthly fee.
Leaking your YouTube API Key directly in the frontend script.
To solve this, we built YT Widget—a free, self-hostable, dependency-free JavaScript library that handles YouTube feeds, playlists, channel stats, and live stream status seamlessly.
