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Free and open-source YouTube clients w/ no ads (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by sunglocto@lemmy.zip to c/android@lemmy.world

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LibreTube - uses Piped as video source by default. Subscriptions and playlists can be created, all without actually interacting with YouTube.

Clipious - uses Invidious as the video source. Also allows for subscribing and accounts. Lesser known client

NewPipe - Gets the source directly from YT. Allows for subscribing and creating playlists

Additionally, there's also ReVanced that lets you patch the regular YT app to include useful features.

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[-] penquin@lemm.ee 72 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'll add these to the list if you don't mind:

GrayJay for Android
FreeTube for desktop and also works on Android.
SmartTube for your Amazon fireTV and Google tvs and the likes
NewPipe for Android.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 8 months ago

Grayjay is propertiary. Just giving a heads up

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I thought it was FOSS? Here their GitHub. I'm not an expert in licenses and all that, but it looks like it has even been forked. You can't even see proprietary, let alone fork it. I could be wrong, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago

It has a joke of a license that certainly isn't free. It onky alpows you to see the source code aka it ia "source availible" not opwn source nor free

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I see. I think Louis Rossmann (he works for Futo, the company behind this app and other FOSS apps) said in a video that they'll eventually open source it? I don't remember exactly.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago

Yup. And they still haven't.

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

We need to hit him up about it on one of his videos. They do advocate for FOSS all the time. They even pay people create FOSS apps. Not sure why not this one.

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[-] med@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

Newpipe has to be the choice for android. Also, Tubular is a pretty neat fork that adds sponsorblock and return youtube dislike

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[-] IDew@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

FreeTube on Android? Where do I find that?

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

FreeTube Cordova it is called

[-] botorfj@lemdro.id 6 points 8 months ago

I think I've seen it on f-droid before

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[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I also want to drop Grayjay in here. It supports YouTube and can also be used to view other platforms like Twitch, Odysee, PeerTube, etc. It uses plugins, so you can develop a plugin for the video platform you want to be able to use in Grayjay. Grayjay also has this Polycentric "decentralized" database so that you can comment and like the videos in those aforementioned platforms.

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago

It's good and everything (although it was a bit rough around the edges here and there), but is a no-go for me personally, unless they've changed their license. When I last checked it wad not open source, but merely source available since the license basically said you're not allowed to modify the source code period. AGPL would've been a far better choice

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[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

I use Tubular. It's a fork of newpipe that has sponsor block.

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Anyone know of something for Windows or Linux like grayjay that access multiple platforms?

[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

All I want is an ad-free YouTube app that lets me cast on Chromecast directly.

So far nothing worked properly. Any ideas? I'm using a Pixel 4A.

[-] Miyabi@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Grayjay, it has all those features.

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[-] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

Doesn't ReVanced work?

[-] GltchInTheGame@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Revanced casting doesn't work for me

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[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

I tried, it worked locally but I couldn't cast on Chromecast

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[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago

I use WebVideoCaster on roku for this.

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[-] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've been using pipe-viewer (formerly/alternatively youtube-viewer) for years. It's an extremely minimal yet feature-rich and customizable perl youtube client, designed to be used without a google api key (If you want to use an account, use youtube-viewer instead). No other client I've tried comes close in my experience (I've tried Freetube (bloated), Minitube (buggy, feature incomplete, uses embedded player), Newpipe (restricted to android)).

Also works great on mobile, and can be used with a Gtk-perl client for people who want a graphical client. It can also be used with any native video player, like mpv or mplayer (and adding an unsupported player is trivial in the config).

Demo:

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's also invidtui, which uses the Invidious API. You can simply use it with your favorite video player (e.g. mpv or VLC). Invidious is also very light on resources, so you could host your own instance. Even locally on your machine using Docker. Or go with youtube-local.

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[-] Si_sierra 8 points 8 months ago

Using Tubular, which is a fork of newpipe with sponsorblock integration. It's a bit buggy but I like not having to skip every sponsor

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Wait, revanced works again?

[-] glizzychief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

Yes! Installing the latest version of microG from ReVanced's github and repatching the app did the trick when it stopped working a couple months ago

[-] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

My god, I am in tears. Praise the lords of FOSS.

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[-] cupcakezealot 7 points 8 months ago

youtube.com + firefox android/fennec + ublock origin + sponsorblock

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A textfile with channel urls + a yt-dlp script + a self hosted jellyfin servers.

Saves on bandwidth too, you only download once and can keep your favorites saved offline as long as you have storage space.

I do run my own invidious client too for video searches and “filler” channels you watch selectively.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

Oooh... I'd love a YouTube integration with jellyfin.

Tell me more.

I'd love the features of a podcast app but for YouTube creators I follow.

[-] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You mean I finally have a way to watch Youtube in my Samsung TV without ads??? Ooooo I know what I'm doing tonight!

edit: naaah it won't run on my raspberry :(

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

That’s exactly what i use if for. I do have a server-pc running though.

[-] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah it requires a minimum of 2GB RAM. Maybe I'll finally get that picobox

[-] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago

This was me when Invidious and Piped were being attacked by Youtube and Newpipe had a hiatus.

Tubular is a Newpipe fork with Sponsor Block integrated for anyone interested.

[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

That's a sweet icon pack

[-] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

Ty, the pack ia called Arcticons if you want to test it.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

I'll also plug SmartTube, an Android TV app that has many of the more widely-used functions ReVanced has (blocks ads, supports SponsorBlock, etc.) among other things.

[-] cows_are_underrated@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

I would use Libretube, but it simply doesn't work on my phone. On PC I always use piped.

[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

Try enabling "Use HLS" inside:
3 dots > Settings > Audio and video

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[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm having great time with FreeTube Cordova lately, you have to setup the UI initially, understanding its limit for mobile, but it works very well.

[-] waterore@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Might be a dumb question but why not just use Piped?

[-] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Well, you still need a client if you're on mobile. I'm not going to watch my video essays through a browser if I can do it through an app. I use libretube which ends up being Piped under the hood, it's just smoother.

I also used to use revanced because it allowed me to keep a few public playlists up to date (something you can only do by interfacing with Youtube). People have their reasons for things.

[-] thefool@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Every time I click on a Piped link that has been posted here by the bot after someone posts a YouTube link, I just wait and wait for it to start playing. Eventually I run out of patience and click the YouTube link, which starts to play immediately.

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[-] Osiris@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Libretube seems to almost never work for me no matter what instance i try.
Also worth adding Smarttube for AndroidTV

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[-] Railing5132@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Is there any eli5 guides to things like f-Droid or the other platforms(?) (it used to be called 'rooting', don't know what it is now) to be able to install LibreTube? Following the faq link from github, I see 3 download options, one I recognize as f-Droid, and 2 others.

I realize this should be "android 101", but my ability to problem solve stuff like this is slipping away from me. (protect your brain, kids!).

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[-] kzhe@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

Still in development but Lighttube seems interesting and uses its own backend.

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