SkyTube
Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android (by ram-on)
SponsorBlock
Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension) (by ajayyy)
Our great sponsors
| SkyTube | SponsorBlock | |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | 904 | |
| 2,156 | 8,735 | |
| 0.9% | - | |
| 8.3 | 9.3 | |
| 17 days ago | 21 days ago | |
| Java | TypeScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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?
SponsorBlock
Posts with mentions or reviews of SponsorBlock.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-13.
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Show HN: CTRL-F for YouTube Videos
just use sponsorblock today, works fine on all my devices. https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
from mobile phone to tv to pc.
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The creator economy can't rely on Patreon
You are one of today's 10,000.
https://sponsor.ajay.app/
And if you have android:
https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular
- The Self Balancing Monorail [video]
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YouTube strikes again, it seems
The SponsorBlock [0] addon has already solved that for sponsored/ad segments in videos. Rather than AI, crowdsourced timestamps lets it automatically skip past adverts.
[0] https://sponsor.ajay.app/
- Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads on January 29
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Adfree Cities: for happier, healthier cities
For integrated ads on YouTube (sponsor messages), you can use the SponsorBlock extension (https://sponsor.ajay.app/). If you're using Android, you can also get NewPipe with SponsorBlock integration.
- Adblocker
- Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users
- What are your top browser extensions that have become absolute game-changers?
- Are there any UBlock settings to skip "self promotion" inside youtube videos or does i have to use a separate extension?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SkyTube and SponsorBlock you can also consider the following projects:
NewPipe - A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.
NewPipe - A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.
LibreTube - An alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android.
Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube
Spotify-Ad-Blocker - EZBlocker - A Spotify Ad Blocker for Windows
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!
SongTube-App - Simple & Beautiful App (Tool) made in Flutter to Download Media from YouTube
nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)
VueTube - A simple FOSS video streaming client aimed to recreate ALL features from their respective apps (and more)
yt-dlp - A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
SkyTube vs NewPipe
SponsorBlock vs NewPipe
SkyTube vs LibreTube
SponsorBlock vs Invidious
SkyTube vs NewPipe
SponsorBlock vs Spotify-Ad-Blocker
SkyTube vs Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass
SponsorBlock vs NewPipe
SkyTube vs SongTube-App
SponsorBlock vs nextdns
SkyTube vs VueTube
SponsorBlock vs yt-dlp