diff --git a/src/renderer/components/CommentSection/CommentSection.vue b/src/renderer/components/CommentSection/CommentSection.vue
index c9e7d2033d416..f1c348f39e0ad 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/CommentSection/CommentSection.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/components/CommentSection/CommentSection.vue
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ import FtTimestampCatcher from '../FtTimestampCatcher.vue'
 import store from '../../store/index'
 
 import { copyToClipboard, showToast } from '../../helpers/utils'
-import { getLocalComments, parseLocalComment } from '../../helpers/api/local'
+import { getLocalCommunityPostComments, getLocalComments, parseLocalComment } from '../../helpers/api/local'
 import {
   getInvidiousCommunityPostCommentReplies,
   getInvidiousCommunityPostComments,
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ function isSubscribedToChannel(channelId) {
 function getCommentData() {
   isLoading.value = true
 
-  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious' || props.isPostComments) {
+  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious') {
     if (!props.isPostComments) {
       getCommentDataInvidious()
     } else {
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ function getMoreComments() {
   if (commentData.value.length === 0 || nextPageToken.value == null) {
     showToast(t('Comments.There are no more comments for this video'))
   } else {
-    if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious' || props.isPostComments) {
+    if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious') {
       if (!props.isPostComments) {
         getCommentDataInvidious()
       } else {
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ function toggleCommentReplies(index) {
  * @param {number} index
  */
 function getCommentReplies(index) {
-  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || commentData.value[index].dataType === 'invidious' || props.isPostComments) {
+  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || commentData.value[index].dataType === 'invidious') {
     if (!props.isPostComments) {
       getCommentRepliesInvidious(index)
     } else {
@@ -545,9 +545,15 @@ async function getCommentDataLocal(more = false) {
       comments = await localCommentsInstance.applySort(sortNewest.value ? 'NEWEST_FIRST' : 'TOP_COMMENTS')
       localCommentsInstance = comments
     } else {
-      comments = await getLocalComments(props.id)
-      sortNewest.value = comments.header?.sort_menu?.sub_menu_items?.[1].selected ?? false
-      localCommentsInstance = comments
+      if (props.isPostComments) {
+        comments = await getLocalCommunityPostComments(props.id, props.postAuthorId)
+        sortNewest.value = comments.header?.sort_menu?.sub_menu_items?.[1].selected ?? false
+        localCommentsInstance = comments
+      } else {
+        comments = await getLocalComments(props.id)
+        sortNewest.value = comments.header?.sort_menu?.sub_menu_items?.[1].selected ?? false
+        localCommentsInstance = comments
+      }
     }
 
     const parsedComments = comments.contents
@@ -596,7 +602,11 @@ async function getCommentDataLocal(more = false) {
     if (backendFallback.value && backendPreference.value === 'local') {
       localCommentsInstance = undefined
       showToast(t('Falling back to Invidious API'))
-      getCommentDataInvidious()
+      if (props.isPostComments) {
+        getPostCommentsInvidious()
+      } else {
+        getCommentDataInvidious()
+      }
     } else {
       isLoading.value = false
     }
@@ -763,7 +773,13 @@ function getPostCommentsInvidious() {
     showToast(`${errorMessage}: ${err}`, 10000, () => {
       copyToClipboard(err)
     })
-    isLoading.value = false
+
+    if (process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API && backendFallback.value && backendPreference.value === 'invidious') {
+      showToast(t('Falling back to Local API'))
+      getCommentDataLocal()
+    } else {
+      isLoading.value = false
+    }
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/FtCommunityPost/FtCommunityPost.vue b/src/renderer/components/FtCommunityPost/FtCommunityPost.vue
index 69cb119a31065..e3e2f555a5334 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/FtCommunityPost/FtCommunityPost.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/components/FtCommunityPost/FtCommunityPost.vue
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
           aria-hidden="true"
         /> {{ formattedVoteCount }}</span>
       <router-link
-        v-if="isInvidiousAllowed && !singlePost"
+        v-if="!singlePost"
         :to="{
           path: `/post/${postId}`,
           query: authorId ? { authorId } : undefined
@@ -218,15 +218,6 @@ const backendPreference = computed(() => {
   return store.getters.getBackendPreference
 })
 
-/** @type {import('vue').ComputedRef<boolean>} */
-const backendFallback = computed(() => {
-  return store.getters.getBackendFallback
-})
-
-const isInvidiousAllowed = computed(() => {
-  return backendPreference.value === 'invidious' || backendFallback.value
-})
-
 let postType = ''
 let postText = ''
 let postId = ''
diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
index d49baf3dcc801..01daff8abc7a1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
@@ -353,7 +353,11 @@ function decipherFormats(formats, player) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function getLocalChannelId(url) {
+/**
+ * @param {string} url
+ * @param {boolean} doLogError
+ */
+export async function getLocalChannelId(url, doLogError = false) {
   try {
     const innertube = await createInnertube()
 
@@ -368,11 +372,16 @@ export async function getLocalChannelId(url) {
       } else if (navigationEndpoint.metadata.page_type === 'WEB_PAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN' && navigationEndpoint.payload.url?.startsWith('https://www.youtube.com/')) {
         // handle redirects like https://www.youtube.com/@wanderbots, which resolves to https://www.youtube.com/Wanderbots, which we need to resolve again
         url = navigationEndpoint.payload.url
-      } else {
-        return null
+      } else if (navigationEndpoint.payload.browseId === 'FEpost_detail') {
+        // convert base64 params to string and get the channelid
+        return atob(navigationEndpoint.payload.params).replaceAll(/[^\d\sA-Za-z-]/g, ' ').trim().split(' ').at(-1)
       }
     }
-  } catch { }
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (doLogError) {
+      console.error(e)
+    }
+  }
 
   return null
 }
@@ -1816,3 +1825,23 @@ export async function getHashtagLocal(hashtag) {
   const innertube = await createInnertube()
   return await innertube.getHashtag(hashtag)
 }
+
+export async function getLocalCommunityPost(postId, channelId) {
+  const innertube = await createInnertube()
+  if (channelId == null) {
+    channelId = await getLocalChannelId('https://www.youtube.com/post/' + postId, true)
+  }
+
+  const postPage = await innertube.getPost(postId, channelId)
+  return parseLocalCommunityPost(postPage.posts[0])
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} postId
+ * @param {string} channelId
+ */
+export async function getLocalCommunityPostComments(postId, channelId) {
+  const innertube = await createInnertube()
+
+  return await innertube.getPostComments(postId, channelId)
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/Post.vue b/src/renderer/views/Post.vue
index d7eea2dfd27d9..dbe359f2c5980 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/Post.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/views/Post.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div>
-    <div v-if="!isInvidiousAllowed">
-      {{ $t('Channel.Posts.Viewing Posts Only Supported By Invidious') }}
-    </div>
-    <FtLoader v-else-if="isLoading" />
+    <FtLoader v-if="isLoading" />
     <template
       v-else
     >
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@
         :force-state="null"
         :is-post-comments="true"
         :channel-thumbnail="post.authorThumbnails[0].url"
-        :show-sort-by="false"
+        :show-sort-by="backendPreference == 'local'"
       />
     </template>
   </div>
@@ -32,6 +29,7 @@
 import { computed, onMounted, ref, shallowRef, watch } from 'vue'
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router/composables'
 import packageDetails from '../../../package.json'
+import { useI18n } from '../composables/use-i18n-polyfill'
 
 import FtCard from '../components/ft-card/ft-card.vue'
 import FtCommunityPost from '../components/FtCommunityPost/FtCommunityPost.vue'
@@ -41,6 +39,10 @@ import CommentSection from '../components/CommentSection/CommentSection.vue'
 import store from '../store/index'
 
 import { getInvidiousCommunityPost } from '../helpers/api/invidious'
+import { getLocalCommunityPost } from '../helpers/api/local'
+import { copyToClipboard, showToast } from '../helpers/utils'
+
+const { t } = useI18n()
 
 const router = useRouter()
 const route = useRoute()
@@ -60,22 +62,18 @@ const backendFallback = computed(() => {
   return store.getters.getBackendFallback
 })
 
-const isInvidiousAllowed = computed(() => {
-  return backendPreference.value === 'invidious' || backendFallback.value
-})
-
 onMounted(async () => {
-  if (isInvidiousAllowed.value) {
-    id.value = route.params.id
-    authorId.value = route.query.authorId
+  id.value = route.params.id
+  authorId.value = route.query.authorId
+
+  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious') {
     await loadDataInvidiousAsync()
+  } else {
+    await loadDataLocalAsync()
   }
 })
 
-async function loadDataInvidiousAsync() {
-  post.value = await getInvidiousCommunityPost(id.value, authorId.value)
-  authorId.value = post.value.authorId
-
+function updateTitleAndRoute() {
   store.commit('setAppTitle', `${post.value.author} - ${packageDetails.productName}`)
   isLoading.value = false
 
@@ -92,13 +90,56 @@ async function loadDataInvidiousAsync() {
   }
 }
 
+async function loadDataLocalAsync() {
+  try {
+    post.value = await getLocalCommunityPost(id.value, authorId.value)
+    authorId.value = post.value.authorId
+    updateTitleAndRoute()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error)
+    const errorMessage = t('Local API Error (Click to copy)')
+    showToast(`${errorMessage}: ${error}`, 10000, () => {
+      copyToClipboard(error)
+    })
+    if (backendPreference.value === 'local' && backendFallback.value) {
+      showToast(t('Falling back to Invidious API'))
+      await loadDataInvidiousAsync()
+    } else {
+      isLoading.value = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function loadDataInvidiousAsync() {
+  try {
+    post.value = await getInvidiousCommunityPost(id.value, authorId.value)
+    authorId.value = post.value.authorId
+    updateTitleAndRoute()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error)
+    const errorMessage = t('Invidious API Error (Click to copy)')
+    showToast(`${errorMessage}: ${error}`, 10000, () => {
+      copyToClipboard(error)
+    })
+
+    if (process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API && backendPreference.value === 'invidious' && backendFallback.value) {
+      showToast(t('Falling back to Local API'))
+      await loadDataLocalAsync()
+    } else {
+      isLoading.value = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 watch(() => route.params.id, async () => {
   // react to route changes...
   isLoading.value = true
-  if (isInvidiousAllowed.value) {
-    id.value = route.params.id
-    authorId.value = route.query.authorId
+  id.value = route.params.id
+  authorId.value = route.query.authorId
+  if (!process.env.SUPPORTS_LOCAL_API || backendPreference.value === 'invidious') {
     await loadDataInvidiousAsync()
+  } else {
+    await loadDataLocalAsync()
   }
 })
 </script>
diff --git a/static/locales/en-US.yaml b/static/locales/en-US.yaml
index d9443406c04d5..fb2c4f4a0ddd4 100644
--- a/static/locales/en-US.yaml
+++ b/static/locales/en-US.yaml
@@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ Channel:
     Reveal Answers: Reveal Answers
     Hide Answers: Hide Answers
     Video hidden by FreeTube: Video hidden by FreeTube
-    Viewing Posts Only Supported By Invidious: Viewing Posts is only supported by Invidious. Head to a channel's community tab to view content there without Invidious.
 Video:
   IP block: 'YouTube has blocked your IP address from watching videos. Please try switching to a different VPN or proxy.'
   MembersOnly: Members-only videos cannot be watched with FreeTube as they require Google login and paid membership to the uploader's channel.