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A drop-in, open-source replacement for YouTube embed iframes
by corentin88·Apr 19, 2026·3 points·2 comments
AI Analysis
●●●BangerBig BrainSolve My Problem
Swap the domain, no code changes—lite-youtube-embed as a service.
Strengths
- •Drop-in replacement by changing iframe src domain, zero refactoring needed
- •Serves static 15KB thumbnail instead of 500KB-1.3MB YouTube player scripts
- •10M+ videos served proves production reliability at scale
Weaknesses
- •Depends on embedlite.com service availability, not self-hostable
- •Doesn't offer customization beyond what lite-youtube-embed provides locally
Category
Target Audience
Web developers optimizing page load performance
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lite-youtube-embed · lazysizes
Post Description
Hi HN! I built this some time ago to reduce the load size of YT iframes. It's serving us very well since then. Hope it'll help you too.
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