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ChannelTube vs HomeTube: catalog facts
ChannelTube	HomeTube
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Freemium Self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0; the hosted version has a free quota.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Scheduled channel syncing without manual work Video and audio downloads to separate folders	Built-in SponsorBlock removal Automatic best-quality format selection with manual override
Limited to YouTube channels Configured mainly through Docker environment variables	Development focus is partly shifting to the successor platform Content Hosted version requires an email sign-in
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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