SkyTube
Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android (by ram-on)
NewPipe
A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android. (by TeamNewPipe)
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| SkyTube | NewPipe | |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | 2,059 | |
| 2,156 | 28,617 | |
| 0.9% | 2.7% | |
| 8.3 | 9.8 | |
| 16 days ago | about 10 hours ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
SkyTube
Posts with mentions or reviews of SkyTube.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-31.
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⟳ 8 apps added, 74 updated at f-droid.org
SkyTube (version 2.987): An open source YouTube client
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YouTube for jellybean
If not you can download it from GitHub https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube
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I hate my youtube recommendations; any solution?
YouTube alternative clients (apps): - NewPipe - Alternative Android YouTube app. No account needed, privacy respecting, no ads. - NewPipe x Sponsorblock - NewPipe fork that incorporates Sponsorblock. - SkyTube - Alternative Android YouTube app. No account needed, privacy respecting, no ads. - FreeTube - FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. (Uses Local RSS API or Invidious for backend). - LibreTube - An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android using Piped. - Yattee - Alternative YouTube frontend for iOS, tvOS and macOS built with Invidious and Piped. - Clipious Invidious client for android
- Adguard Home and Youtube ads...
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[Question] is there and actual good alternative for Vanced?
SkyTube Extra
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Vanced alternative for an ancient phone with JB Android 4.2.2?
I haven't tried SkyTube but looking at their GitHub it seems the video player it relies on is the cause of the issue and is also needing minimum 5.0: https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube/issues/1062
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Can anyone fix the old youtube app?
Legacy requires Android 4.0 minimum, it was branched out to Legacy due to crashes and development burden getting the main one to work properly. You can find it here.
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Missing device(s) to "Cast to"
Interesting. I can recommend Skytube extra for casting without ads. Smarttubenext seems to be another good option if you have the newest chromecast with google tv or an android tv box (which I don't)
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⟳ 0 apps added, 10 updated at apt.izzysoft.de
SkyTube Extra (version 45): A simple and feature-rich YouTube player
- Is anyone else getting tired of LTT's clickbait?
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 2024-04-16.
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Mobile Ad Blocker Will No Longer Stop YouTube's Ads
Just use NewPipe. It's just a better Youtube client even if it had ads.
https://newpipe.net/
- Shutting down the letsblock.it project and its official instance
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2.7M Brits still use a 3G only handset, as the 3G switch off looms closer
I have a 3G device still able to watch YT and a very old Kindle Fire that has NewPipe [1] installed for watching YT in bed (whilst my phone is on charge).
I don't see why not either - if the device was capable of H264 when it was released, why not now?
[1] https://newpipe.net/
- Ask HN: Would you pay for a clickbait-less YouTube?
- Irish State announce plan to build a porn preference register for most of the EU
- NewPipe v0.26.0 Released
- So much pain, I cannot sleep! Advice?
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Loop option missing on new phone
There is nothing you can do yourself as an app user, see https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/9764. The current situation will be improved by https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/pull/10580.
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Grandfathered YouTube Premium will see January price increase
NewPipe
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How do I bypass the anti-ad block system on YouTube?
NewPipe on Android is also unaffected.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SkyTube and NewPipe you can also consider the following projects:
NewPipe - A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.
LibreTube - An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android.
NewPipe-legacy - NewPipe with support for older devices
Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass - A simple browser extension to bypass YouTube's age verification, disable content warnings and watch age restricted videos without having to sign in!
PowerTube - PowerTube - Youtube-dl client for Android
SongTube-App - Simple & Beautiful App (Tool) made in Flutter to Download Media from YouTube
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
SponsorBlock - Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)
Vanced - Vanced Issues/Docs repo
VueTube - A simple FOSS video streaming client aimed to recreate ALL features from their respective apps (and more)
SmartTube - SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS