TL;DW

Too Long; Didn't Watch!

<img width="720" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b9209b0b-f856-4937-9238-bdbce7486dff" />

How to use

• Go to https://tldw.tube or run locally (recommended)
• Enter video URL
• Go

Running locally is recommended because hosted version have strict rate limit, as it rely on residential proxy and OpenAI API which costs me money.

Deploying

Set the variables in .env:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-xxxxxx...
PROXY_URL=https://user:pass@your-proxy-provider-here.com:8888
MAX_VIDEO_DURATION=7200

Variables:

• PROXY_URL is optional but recommended for production deployments, recommend using a residential or LTE proxy.
• MAX_VIDEO_DURATION is optional, defaults to 7200 (2 hours). Videos longer than this will be rejected.

Then:

docker-compose up -d

Local development

• prepare .env file
• python3 -m virtualenv venv ; source venv/bin/activate
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• launch backend python backend.py &
• If needed, edit backend url in App.tsx
• frontend setup cd youtube-summarizer ; yarn install ; yarn dev