yt-dlp-server VS FreeTube

Compare yt-dlp-server vs FreeTube and see what are their differences.

yt-dlp-server

Web / REST interface for downloading YouTube videos and saving them as MP3s (by frznman)
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FreeTube

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy (by FreeTubeApp)
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yt-dlp-server FreeTube
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9 11,835
- 4.3%
10.0 9.9
over 2 years ago 4 days ago
Python JavaScript
MIT License GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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yt-dlp-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of yt-dlp-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-28.
  • Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Oct 2022
    Something like this: https://github.com/frznman/yt-dlp-server

    In my case I stuck my instance (not that exact software but similar) behind Caddy and added basic auth. Then I just setup Shortcuts or bookmarklets that just did:

        curl -X POST --data-urlencode "url={{url}}" http://{{address}}:8080/yt/q

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing yt-dlp-server and FreeTube you can also consider the following projects:

youtube-browser-extension - youtube-chrome-extension

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

youtube - a static site with my youtube subscriptions deployed via Github Actions with a cronjob

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

Telik - macOS app to track YouTube channels and playlists

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!

scripts - Various python scripts

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

invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

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

xManager-Spotify - Ad-Free, New Features & Freedom [Moved to: https://github.com/xManager-App/xManager]

PeerTube - ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser

yt-dlp-server vs youtube-browser-extension FreeTube vs NewPipe yt-dlp-server vs youtube FreeTube vs Invidious yt-dlp-server vs Telik FreeTube vs Simple-YouTube-Age-Restriction-Bypass yt-dlp-server vs scripts FreeTube vs Piped FreeTube vs invidious FreeTube vs SmartTube FreeTube vs xManager-Spotify FreeTube vs PeerTube