Free and open-source YouTube clients w/ no ads
Free and open-source YouTube clients w/ no ads
LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube.
Clipious - uses Invidious as the video source. Also allows for subscribing and accounts. Lesser known client
NewPipe - Gets the source directly from YT. Allows for subscribing and creating playlists
Additionally, there's also ReVanced that lets you patch the regular YT app to include useful features.
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74 1 ReplyGrayjay is propertiary. Just giving a heads up
40 1 ReplyI thought it was FOSS? Here their GitHub. I'm not an expert in licenses and all that, but it looks like it has even been forked. You can't even see proprietary, let alone fork it. I could be wrong, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
3 0 ReplyIt has a joke of a license that certainly isn't free. It onky alpows you to see the source code aka it ia "source availible" not opwn source nor free
15 1 ReplyI see. I think Louis Rossmann (he works for Futo, the company behind this app and other FOSS apps) said in a video that they'll eventually open source it? I don't remember exactly.
3 0 ReplyYup. And they still haven't.
13 0 ReplyWe need to hit him up about it on one of his videos. They do advocate for FOSS all the time. They even pay people create FOSS apps. Not sure why not this one.
5 0 ReplyI don't like Louis enough to care enough sorry
3 0 ReplyFair enough.
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Newpipe has to be the choice for android. Also, Tubular is a pretty neat fork that adds sponsorblock and return youtube dislike
18 0 ReplyThank you so much for this. I have been using NewPipe sponsorblock and it's been discontinued and haven't been able to find anything else.
2 0 ReplyTubular is actually the successor to NewPipe x SponsorBlock. It's made by the same developer.
3 0 ReplyAh, makes sense why it's a carbon copy of it. Glad they're back at it. I'm curious to know why change to a new app.
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This needs to be higher.
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FreeTube on Android? Where do I find that?
9 0 ReplyFreeTube Cordova it is called
10 0 ReplyI think I've seen it on f-droid before
6 0 ReplyI can't seem to find it anymore :/
1 0 ReplyIt's in the IzzyOnDroid repo: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/io.freetubeapp.freetube
3 0 ReplyThank you
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FYI, SmartTubeNext has been renamed to just SmartTube.
2 0 ReplyNice. Thanks for that. Let me fix my post.
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