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 "notice": "Data from Open Source Everything (https://opensourceeverything.org), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: use it freely, credit the site, link to the page, and share changes under the same license. Listings were drafted with AI assistance and are managed by the r/TrueOpenSource moderators; check a project's own page before relying on a fact.",
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   "summary": "CyTube is a website where people create channels to watch videos from sites like YouTube together, with playback kept in sync for everyone in the channel. It is for groups of friends or communities who want to watch and chat together online.",
   "kind": "self_hosted",
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   "why": "Does the whole job · Advanced setup",
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   "name": "Syncplay",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/syncplay/",
   "summary": "Syncplay keeps video playback in sync across several people's media players over the internet, so everyone pauses, plays and jumps together. It is for friends or groups who want to watch the same video at the same time and chat while they watch.",
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    "linux"
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   "why": "Does part of the job · Easy setup",
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