FreeTube
Desktop YouTube client that keeps subscriptions and history locally.
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3 more ways to get FreeTube
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install freetube - Homebrew
brew install --cask freetube - Flathub
flatpak install flathub io.freetubeapp.FreeTube
About FreeTube
FreeTube watches YouTube without a Google account, storing subscriptions, playlists and history in a local database and fetching content either by scraping or through the Invidious API. It blocks ads and trackers and includes SponsorBlock integration.
Strengths
- Subscriptions and history stay on your machine, with no account
- Ad-free playback with SponsorBlock built in
Limitations
- Breaks periodically when YouTube changes its internals
- Desktop only, and live streams and some features are limited
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the AGPL.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Developer
- The FreeTube contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Desktop YouTube client that keeps subscriptions and history locally
- Categories
- Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Privacy); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.