FreeTube
An Open Source YouTube app for privacy (by FreeTubeApp)
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A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android. (by TeamNewPipe)
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| FreeTube | NewPipe | |
|---|---|---|
| 254 | 800 | |
| 4,726 | 16,205 | |
| 3.9% | 3.4% | |
| 9.9 | 9.8 | |
| 4 days ago | 1 day ago | |
| JavaScript | Java | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FreeTube
Posts with mentions or reviews of FreeTube.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-06.
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YouTube Standalone App
FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube or brew install --cask freetube
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Google Translate changed “spyware-free” into “with free spyware”. YouTube, stop translating video titles with Google Translate.
You can install a youtube frontend like freetube and you get rid of most of the annoyances that google forces on you. No support for google accounts though.
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What addons, if any, do you recommend for Tor Browser?
Try FreeTube for YouTube.
- is mental illness a problem in the United States
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Yeah, a lot more businesses have gotten greedy and much more sanitised.
https://freetubeapp.io/ for desktop
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What Is the Small Web?
On Mastodon you can choose among dozens of servers, you can decide to change server and still be able to use Mastodon. Now compare that with Youtube or Twitter. You can fix some aspects using browser extensions[1] or clients[2] but by and large, if you don't like something about the platform, the only available choice is leaving.
[1] e.g. https://www.undistracted.app/
[2] e.g. https://freetubeapp.io/
- Youtube is going downhill fast.
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What are some apps that you'd like more people to know about?
On PC there is freetube.
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So, she’s back…
It’s the safe/private version of YouTube where your views aren’t counted. Here’s their link if you wanna check ‘em out: https://freetubeapp.io/
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Looks like youtube is starting to get worse
You can use Freetube or an invidio.us instance to circumvent the age restrictions.
NewPipe
Posts with mentions or reviews of NewPipe.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-18.
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Noob question: Should I enter my Google login info to Vanced?
try: https://newpipe.net/ (no login)
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[other] Appreciation - Thank you for creating this app. This really awesome.
Are you using the latest version from the Newpipe website (https://newpipe.net/)? The app lets you know of any updates and leads you to download the apk through your browser, but if you don't want to go through that hassle, I know that the F-Droid store has Newpipe on it for convenience sake. You can even add the Newpipe repository available at https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/ to F-Droid for updates to be available for download faster.
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Youtube-DL's website host is being sued
Oh crap! I guess someday they will target my beloved NewPipe
Yt-dlp downloads things through the Android JSON api now, and I think has the ability to fall back on interpreting and executing the received JS challenge. See also this issue on newpipe's similar challenges
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[question] Best way to download music to your phone
Download NewPipe and go to the song in YouTube Music Vanced. Tap on NewPipe in the share menu.
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Youtube on android 4.0
( You might also peek through older releases here. )
You might try giving NewPipe Legacy a try. It's an alternative YouTube player. Though, the site does mention that it's Android 4.1 and above. That's Jellybean. So you may not have luck with that. But you can find it here.
- [question] Found this on Samsung apps, is it official?
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[Suggestion] Download videos?
Newpipe
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How do you listen to Librivox?
Thanks again. In return, you should check out New Pipe for ad-free YouTube on android.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FreeTube and NewPipe you can also consider the following projects:
NewPipe-legacy - NewPipe with support for older devices
xManager-Spotify - An android application where you can manage and install all versions of the spotify app.
SmartYouTubeTV - Watch YouTube videos on your TV and set-top-box with comfort
SmartTubeNext - Ad free app for watching tube videos on Android TV boxes
Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
vanced-website-v2 - Source Code of the Vanced Website
Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass - A simple userscript to bypass YouTube's age verification and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in.
invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube [Moved to: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious]
PeerTube - ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser