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FreeTube vs Piped: catalog facts
FreeTube	Piped
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Self-hosted
Subscriptions and history stay on your machine, with no account Ad-free playback with SponsorBlock built in	Optional stream proxying hides the viewer from YouTube entirely SponsorBlock and subscriptions without any account
Breaks periodically when YouTube changes its internals Desktop only, and live streams and some features are limited	Proxying costs the instance operator significant bandwidth Public instances are often rate limited
Downloadable app	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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