Seal vs cloudstream

Seal

🦭 Video/Audio Downloader for Android, based on yt-dlp, designed with Material You (by JunkFood02)

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cloudstream

Android app for streaming and downloading media. (by recloudstream)

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Seal		cloudstream
	Project
127	Mentions	102
7,548	Stars	5,505
-	Growth	3.9%
9.5	Activity	9.6
2 days ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Seal

Posts with mentions or reviews of Seal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-22.

NewPipe v0.26.0 Released
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Dec 2023

Don't know about Ymusic as it doesn't seem open source, but seal [0] seems like a good alternative, based on yt-dl
0: https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal
Best music downloader
1 project | /r/apps | 7 Dec 2023

Seal- download anything.
How to download songs on YouTube Music
1 project | /r/revancedapp | 7 Dec 2023

Install Seal → Open YT Music → Tap on the 3 dots → Share → Select the Seal app
What is drc file?
1 project | /r/youtubedl | 6 Dec 2023

https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal/issues
What is the best Youtube to MP3 converter?
2 projects | /r/AskReddit | 6 Dec 2023

Seal for Android
Top 10 Android Apps in 2013 (not available on the Google Play Store)
13 projects | /r/androidapps | 5 Dec 2023

https://github.com/deniscerri/ytdlnis & https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal Downloader for YT, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and so on
Best Android Apps that you should definitely try!
22 projects | /r/androidapps | 24 Oct 2023

Seal - open source video/audio downloader
Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Oct 2023

On Android, you can use Seal[1] to download YT videos locally. It also supports many other sites.
[1] https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal
Download feature on YouTube revanced extended
5 projects | /r/revancedextended | 11 Jul 2023

There are also other ones like Powertube, Seal, Tubemate, SpotiFlyer(for music). Use whichever one you like.
Downloading issues revanced
3 projects | /r/AfterVanced | 4 Jul 2023

If you want to use a downloader other than NewPipe, (such as Seal or YTDLnis you need to set it up in YT ReVanced

cloudstream

Posts with mentions or reviews of cloudstream. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.

CloudStream: Free, open source Live TV, movies and TV show platform
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Dec 2023
⟳ 2 apps added, 13 updated at apt.izzysoft.de
5 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 9 Dec 2023

CloudStream (version 63): Stream and download movies, TV-series and anime.
Best Android Apps that you should definitely try!
22 projects | /r/androidapps | 24 Oct 2023

Cloudstream - to watch movies, series & anime from multiple sources...you need to install repositories by using codes...the links are available in the "guides" section of their discord channel
Cloudstream on android tv
1 project | /r/Cloudstream3 | 13 Oct 2023

You can get the app in the playstore Put this link https://github.com/recloudstream/cloudstream/releases/tag/v4.2.0 In the downloader app url
Amazon Prime Video
2 projects | /r/hrvatska | 30 Jun 2023
What is the best browser app for streaming movies. Lately the tvbro browser has been crashing.
1 project | /r/AndroidTV | 22 Jun 2023

1st link is for the apk (installation file) : https://github.com/recloudstream/cloudstream/releases/download/pre-release/app-prerelease-release.apk
Apk for max (hbo)
1 project | /r/ApksApps | 16 Jun 2023

If not you could download cloudstream..
New to Stremio
1 project | /r/Stremio | 9 Jun 2023
[Request] Cartoon Watching APKs suggestion
2 projects | /r/ApksApps | 2 Jun 2023

Cloudstream. Just install the latest release from here: https://github.com/recloudstream/cloudstream
Which website u use
5 projects | /r/jordan | 1 Jun 2023

For movies/TV shows/anime I use cloudstream app on an android tablet but mostly I watch on the TV by the local network from my PC or the tablet. Anime websites are Witanime, Anime4up, and TV shows/movies are Akwam, MyCima and Shahid4u.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Seal and cloudstream you can also consider the following projects:

ytdlnis - Android Video/Audio Downloader app using yt-dlp

CloudStream-3XXX

NewPipe - A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

cs-repos - Cloudstream plugin repositories

PowerTube - PowerTube - Youtube-dl client for Android

CloudStream-3 - Android app for streaming and downloading Movies, TV-Series and Anime. [UnavailableForLegalReasons - Repository access blocked]

NewPipe-legacy - NewPipe with support for older devices

aniyomi - An app for manga and anime

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Animiru - Android app for anime

NewPipe - A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.

release - [UnavailableForLegalReasons - Repository access blocked]