youtube-audio vs FreeTube

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youtube-audio		FreeTube
	Project
4	Mentions	498
173	Stars	11,864
-	Growth	4.5%
0.0	Activity	9.9
9 months ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

youtube-audio

Posts with mentions or reviews of youtube-audio. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-27.

FreeTube – The Private YouTube Client
15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Nov 2022

Darnit, I already wrote the rest of the comment below before noticing the "iOS" part of your comment. These are all Firefox add-ons for the desktop. Still, I'll post them in case they're useful to anyone else.
I use the unhook add-on for that, it removes all recommended videos:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recom...
There's also clickbait remover to get rid of those obnoxious thumbnails:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem...
youtube-audio lets you disable the video-feed. Nice when you're using it to listen to what are basically podcasts and you don't want to waste bandwidth:
https://github.com/animeshkundu/youtube-audio
And while we're here, SponsorBlock skips sponsored segments:
https://sponsor.ajay.app/
The End of Netflix Password Sharing Is Coming
7 projects | /r/technology | 19 Oct 2022
Add on for downloading YouTube audio that actually works?
1 project | /r/firefox | 6 Sep 2022

And for listening audio only, I use this: https://github.com/animeshkundu/youtube-audio
Youtube audio only extensions recommendation to switch from Youtube Audio?
3 projects | /r/firefox | 17 Aug 2021

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 2024-05-02.

A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 May 2024

The biggest reason I use FreeTube (https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube), is because it shows me uploads in chronological order from ALL of my channels, which youtube outright refuses to do.
Tell HN: YouTube RSS feeds are gone
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Jan 2024
YouTube started slowing video buffer with adblock enabled
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024
Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Dec 2023

I just use a free desktop client called Freetube instead ( https://freetubeapp.io ). Don't even have to login or create a profile, and there's a ton of UI customization options built in. Voila -- no more Google shenanigans.
YouTube
1 project | /r/privacy | 8 Dec 2023

You can use https://freetubeapp.io/ to access Youtube in privacy.
Logiciel gratuit qui m'a changé la vie
3 projects | /r/france | 7 Dec 2023
A cool guide to setup your best YouTube
2 projects | /r/coolguides | 7 Dec 2023

Just get the Freetube app.
FUCK YOUTUBE I closed my account looking for alternatives already that happens if you don't have any alternatives youtube should get banned from EU tbh they literally force to you watch ads and get paid a lot
1 project | /r/youtube | 7 Dec 2023

Use freetube at https://freetubeapp.io
Fuck you Youtube. Is there a way to Fix this?
1 project | /r/youtube | 7 Dec 2023
Alternative to youtube.com, use youtube without visit youtube.com no adds, no bs
1 project | /r/youtube | 7 Dec 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing youtube-audio and FreeTube you can also consider the following projects:

saavn-downloader-extension - Chrome Extension to download songs and block ads for jiosaavn.com (previously saavn.com)

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

react-player - A React component for playing a variety of URLs, including file paths, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, SoundCloud, Streamable, Vimeo, Wistia and DailyMotion

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

redditube - A video generator from Reddit posts and comments

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!

youtube2Anki - Convert Youtube Transcripts to Anki cards

Piped - An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.

De-Mainstream-YouTube-Extension - De-Mainstream YouTube A browser extension to remove Mainstream Media results from YouTube searches.

invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

youtube - [top~1 open YouTube & Video web-extension] Enrich your experience & choice! 🧰100+clever features📌set&forget📌Longest-standing(yet rare&tough alone. Please help/join🧩us👨‍👩‍👧‍👧) ..⋮ {playback|content discovery|player|extra buttons|distractions|related videos|shorts|ads|quality|codec|full tab|full screen}

SmartTube - SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tvs running Android OS