SkyTube
An open-source YouTube player for the Android operating system.
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Features
Innovative Features
- Video blocker which includes the following features [New!]:
- Channel blacklisting [New!]
- Channel whitelisting [New!]
- Block videos if their language is not the same as the user's preferred one(s) [New!]
- Low views video blocking [New!]
- High dislikes video blocking [New!]
- Icon in the toolbar displaying how many videos were blocked [New!]
- Videos watched or partially watched are marked accordingly. Resume playing feature also implemented. [New!]
- Video swipe controls, including volume, brightness, comments and video description controls. [New!]
- Bookmark videos
- Import subscriptions from YouTube
- Play channels' playlists
- Download videos
- View and download video thumbnails
Traditional Features
- Explore Featured and Most Popular videos
- Browse YouTube channels
- Play YouTube videos
- View video comments
- Search videos, music and channels
- Channel subscription & non-intrusive notifications
- Subscriptions feed
More features will be added in the near future.
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| Feature | SkyTube Extra | SkyTube |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Contains extra features that are powered by non-OSS libraries. | Fully open-source and free software. |
| GPLv3 license | ✅ | ✅ |
| Official YouTube player support* | ✅ | ❌ |
| Updates availability | Immediate | Normally up to 5 days |
| Download APK |  |
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* powered by a closed-source, third-party library.
Why SkyTube?
- Free and Open-Source
- Innovative design
- No intrusive ads
- Multilingual
- Not dependent on the GAPPS/Google Apps (i.e. YouTube official app)
- No need for Google/YouTube account to operate
- My code does not spy on your behaviour!
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License
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (version 3 of the License).
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
This project is not affiliated with YouTube™ or any of its partners and/or products. YouTube™ and Android™ are registered trademarks of Google Inc.