Major readme enhancements and fixes (#1407)

* Major enhancement to the readme
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## Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
## Invidious Instances
[Public Invidious instances are listed here.](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instances)
## Invidious Features
- [Copylefted libre software](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious) (AGPLv3+ licensed)
- Audio-only mode (and no need to keep window open on mobile)
- Lightweight (the homepage is ~4 KB compressed)
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- No CoC
- No CLA
Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/omarroth
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Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/iv-org/
## Invidious Instances
[Public instances](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/wiki/Invidious-Instances) are to be found in this list.
### Official Instances
- [invidio.us](https://invidio.us) 🇺🇸
Issuer: Let's Encrypt, [SSLLabs Verification](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=invidio.us)
- [kgg2m7yk5aybusll.onion](http://kgg2m7yk5aybusll.onion)
- [axqzx4s6s54s32yentfqojs3x5i7faxza6xo3ehd4bzzsg2ii4fv2iid.onion](http://axqzx4s6s54s32yentfqojs3x5i7faxza6xo3ehd4bzzsg2ii4fv2iid.onion)
## Screenshots
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## Installation
To manually compile invidious you need at least 2GB of RAM. If you have less you can setup SWAP to have a combined amount of 2 GB or use Docker instead.
After installation take a look at the [Post-install steps](#post-install).
### Automated:
[Invidious-Updater](https://github.com/tmiland/Invidious-Updater) is a self-contained script that can automatically install and update Invidious.
### Docker:
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$ docker-compose build
```
### Linux
### Manually:
To manually compile invidious you need at least 2GB of RAM. If you have less you can setup SWAP to have a combined amount of 2 GB or use Docker instead.
### Linux:
#### Install the dependencies
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$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/invidious.logrotate
```
### macOS:
### MacOS:
```bash
# Install dependencies
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$ crystal build src/invidious.cr --release
```
## Post-install:
Detailled configuration available in the [configuration guide](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/wiki/Configuration).
If you use a reverse proxy, you **must** to configure invidious to properly serve request through it:
`https_only: true` : if your are serving your instance via https, set it to true
`domain: domain.ext`: if you have are serving your instance via a domain name, set it here
`external_port: 443`: if your are serving your instance via https, set it to 443
## Update Invidious
Instructions are available in the [updating guide](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/wiki/Updating).