Hello, Open Source
Serial no longer relies on an external auth provider, and is now open source!
April 12, 2025
Features
- Serial is now open source! You can check out the repository for more information.
- Removes previous auth provider Clerk in exchange for auth solution Better Auth
- If you run into issues with the migration, don’t hesitate to reach out to the email at the bottom of the page!
- Changed default video player to the serial player and added a number of nice-to-have shortcuts from YouTube, namely:
- Seeking through the video with number keys
- Play/pause with
space - Slowing down the video with
Shift+< - Speeding up the video with
Shift+>
Improvements
- Now opens videos in fullscreen on mobile (as opposed to inline)
- Added the ability to show and hide shortcuts on actions, such as on the “Watch Later” and “Unwatched” controls when viewing a video.
- Many other small improvements and cleanups to get ready for open source.