Show HN: A drop-in, open-source replacement for YouTube embed iframes
embedlite.comHi 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. the iframe bloat problem is real. been using lite-youtube-embed for similar reasons. curious how yours compares - do you render the thumbnail server-side or client-side, and how do you handle the cookie consent modal that youtube forces now It's a static site that renders the youtube thumbnail + a red play button. When you click on it, it loads the youtube iframe. So it's basically deferring the cookie consent and all. We implemented it as a drop-in replacement:
Nothing else needed. -- <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aqz-KE-bpKQ">
++ <iframe src="https://www.embedlite.com/embed/aqz-KE-bpKQ">