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WayBackTube

Travel back in time on YouTube with subscriptions, search terms, AND simple 2011 theme! Complete time travel experience with custom recommendation algorithm and clean vintage styling.

As of 2025-07-21. See the latest version.

Author
irongutmike
Ratings
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Version
63
Created
2025-07-17
Updated
2025-07-21
Size
315 KB
License
MIT
Applies to

WayBackTube: The first Youtube Time Machine!
Generated by Claude AI and (mostly) bolt.new. Yucky, I know. If you want to rewrite this entire thing and send a better human-made version to me, I'll gladly upload it.

Ever wanted to go back to a date of your choosing and walk down memory lane? Think modern youtube is garbage slop? Remember the glory days of a youtuber and want to relive them in real time? WayBackTube is for you!

Please note, you need to set up your own API keys to use WBT. It's very simple; make a few projects on google cloud and:
1. Enable the youtube API (look up youtube api in the search bar)
2. Look up credentials and,
2a. click credentials
2b. click 'create credential'
2c. make an API key

I recommend making 12 or more due to the low quota. Multiple gmail accounts definitely helps.


The viewcounts are fake, just helps for immersion. Pulling the viewcount data from a specific date would be way too cost-intensive. Could theoretically be done, but eh.