FreeTubeApp/FreeTube on Hacker News

https://freetubeapp.io/ https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube Not 100% sure it supports login, but it does support this, which is like 90% of the way there: > Import Subscriptions > Import your subscriptions from YouTube to see your feed…

comment by aspenmayer · 2025-09-03 · in Nuclear: Desktop music player focused on streaming from free sources

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story by bookofjoe · 2025-03-21 · 0 comments

…Grayjay allow downloading videos (and if yes, does it also allow choosing the quality/format)? [1]: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by AnonHP · 2024-12-20 · in Grayjay Desktop App

for me freetube in the arch repo works great https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by reify · 2024-10-27 · in NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

don't forget to donate something: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube?tab=readme-ov-file#d...

comment by 2-3-7-43-1807 · 2024-09-01 · in Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube

…Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript - and more making youtube a usable thing again https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by shzhdbi09gv8ioi · 2024-06-11 · in Firefox and uBlock origin results in infinite YouTube ads

…(Android [2]). I would not be surprised it Google finally killed their access in some way. [1] https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/ [2] https://newpipe.net/

comment by janice1999 · 2024-06-07 · in YouTube is A/B testing limiting logged out access to videos

The biggest reason I use FreeTube ( https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube ), is because it shows me uploads in chronological order from ALL of my channels, which youtube outright refuses to do.

comment by Modified3019 · 2024-05-02 · in A lawsuit argues Meta is required by law to let you control your own feed

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story by akyuu · 2023-10-16 · 400 comments

FreeTube https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by t0bia_s · 2023-07-12 · in Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

…which sounds like a porn site but actually it's another open source desktop YouTube player: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by alisonatwork · 2023-07-12 · in Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request

…is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. - https://freetubeapp.io - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube When in trouble, use nightly version (release is not frequent)

comment by PikachuEXE · 2023-06-09 · in YouTube legal team contacted Invidious developers

…capable of proxying requests through invidious. [1]: https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf [2]: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by Tmpod · 2023-06-01 · in Teddit – An alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy

…be interested in FreeTube (which can be set to use Invidious API) too. https://freetubeapp.io / https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by PikachuEXE · 2023-04-14 · in YouTube-DL Hosting Ban Paves the Way to Privatized Censorship

FreeTube has SponsorBlock built in if a desktop app works better for you. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by brewdad · 2022-12-15 · in Turn the radio volume down for adverts and DJs talking

…you cannot subscribe to channels. With FreeTube you can. And also it is open-source[1] [1] - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by agluszak · 2022-11-28 · in FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

Looks like it: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/pull/2604

comment by 3np · 2022-11-27 · in FreeTube – A Private YouTube Client

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/

comment by jnsaff2 · 2022-11-11 · in YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option

Freetube - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by t0bia_s · 2022-10-28 · in Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse

…an open source desktop app for viewing YouTube. The link from OP has a bad cert. Here's the GitHub: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by sphars · 2022-05-13 · in FreeTube – The Private YouTube Client

…avoid 0.14.0 since the upgrade to electron 14 was done poorly :S. Use 0.13.x instead (latest 0.13: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/tag/v0.13.2... ) 0.15.0 should be released in a week or two (I become part of dev team…

comment by PikachuEXE · 2021-09-30 · in Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

Freetube uses Electron (from project README : https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube )

comment by areille · 2021-09-10 · in A cross-platform GUI for YouTube-dl

Why not use FreeTube ( https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube ) then if it is based on Electron anyway? Freetube also has support for watching videos directly alongwith downloading and can also route the video through Invidious servers if…

comment by LordRishav · 2021-09-10 · in A cross-platform GUI for YouTube-dl

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story by jerodsanto · 2020-10-05 · 0 comments

…youtube-viewer: https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer FreeTube (which uses the invidious API): https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube Invidious: https://invidio.us/ , https://github.com/iv-org/invidious youtube-local (my project):…

comment by user234683 · 2020-07-17 · in NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client

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story by jraph · 2019-11-19 · 0 comments

…youtube-viewer: https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer FreeTube (which uses the invidious API): https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube youtube-local (my project): https://github.com/user234683/youtube-local smtube:…

comment by user234683 · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube

…since I don't use the service with Google account for years. [1] - https://freetubeapp.io/ [2] - https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by pndy · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube

…as I know; instead it consults with the main Invidous instance at invidio.us which provides an api: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by user234683 · 2019-06-30 · in PiHole-Google: Completely Block Google and Its Services

…https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-video-player/id129434748... [2]. http://omega.gg/MotionBox/ [3]. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by h4waii · 2019-06-18 · in Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google

…all your data to move to another machine. It comes in many linux flavors, as well as mac & windows. https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube It's literally all the best parts of having an account on youtube, no account needed.

comment by degenerate · 2019-03-12 · in Ask HN: Has anyone successfully been able to completely quit using Google?

Maybe you could fork FreeTube to save some time: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

comment by degenerate · 2019-01-19 · in Show HN: Musish – Web client for Apple Music

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story by walterbell · 2018-03-04 · 0 comments