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LibreTube vs Invidious: catalog facts
LibreTube	Invidious
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Android	Web, Self-hosted
No Google Play Services and no Google account required Background playback and SponsorBlock without a paid subscription	Subscriptions and per-channel RSS without a Google account Can be self-hosted so nothing depends on someone else's instance
Depends on the availability of public Piped instances Playback can break when upstream extraction changes	Public instances are frequently rate limited or blocked by YouTube Playback reliability varies between instances
Downloadable app	Self-hosted, Web application
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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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