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FreeTube

For video & photo tools, FreeTube is a self-hosted solution that provides watch YouTube privately on desktop.

AGPL-3.0 Free freetubeapp/freetube · 20K freetubeapp.io JavaScript 4 deploy options Plugins

Overview

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy FreeTube is a feature-rich and user-friendly YouTube client with a focus on privacy. FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows (10 and later), Mac (macOS 12 and later) & Linux thanks to Electron. The project has 20K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

  • Watch videos without ads
  • Use YouTube without Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript
  • Two extractor APIs to choose from (Built in or Invidious)
  • Subscribe to channels without an account
  • Connect to an externally setup proxy such as Tor
  • View and search your local subscriptions, playlists and history
  • Organize your subscriptions into “Profiles” to create a more focused feed
  • Export & import subscriptions
  • YouTube Trending
  • YouTube Chapters

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

apt, brew, flatpak, plugins, snap, themes.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel
elestio

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo
pikapods

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

  • Plugin / Extension System

Customization & Branding

  • Themes / Skins

Category

Video & Photo Tools (53)

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