Show HN: Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet
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Hey all, I made this server for spinning up a local network page for our (young) kids to host videos and manage video watching time without turning them loose on main youtube, with all its random brainrot and engagement boosting optimizations (no autoplay next video here). - MIT licensed, no tracking scripts anywhere, do whatever you want with it, I have no interest in commercializing this - Gives them a daily "video minutes allowance", and enforces it for us (ours get 10 minutes each, they…
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- ericd
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- Nov 5, 2026
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- kidsshelf.org
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Show HN: Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 47 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 14:20 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 15:20 UTC.
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Have you used any AI system for that? also, why MIT? why not GPL?
Oh small correction, yt-dlp is downloaded/managed by it, but it changes too fast for it to be "baked in".
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Is Show HN: Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet trending on Show HN right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 15:20 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet reached?
#8 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 6, 14:20 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Show HN: Kids Shelf, your kids' own little internet been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (47 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
5 points and 2 comments; submitted by ericd on Nov 5, 2026.