FreeTube is an Open Source Desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Watch your favorite YouTube videos ad free as well as prevent Google from tracking what you watch. Available for Windows / Mac / Linux

Please note that FreeTube is currently in Beta and uses the proprietary YouTube HTTP API. Video URLs are resolved using a youtube-dl-api-server.

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FreeTube uses the YouTube API to search for videos. It then uses the youtube-dl API to grab the raw video files and play them in a basic HTML5 video player, preventing YouTube from tracking you using cookies or JavaScript. Subscriptions, history, and saved videos are stored locally on the user's computer and is never sent out to Google or anyone else. You own your data.

• Watch videos free of ads
• Prevent Google from tracking what you watch using cookies or JavaScript
• Subscribe to channels without an account
• Store subscriptions, history, and saved videos locally
• Import / Backup subscriptions
• Mini Player
• Light / Dark Theme

While I believe that FreeTube should work well for most users, there will probably be some bugs or features missing. Because of this, FreeTube is currently in beta and will be considered "stable" when these have been addressed.

If you have an idea or if you found a bug, please create an issue so that we can track it. Please check the current issues and make sure that someone else hasn't mentioned it already before submitting an issue.

If you like to get your hands dirty and want to contribute, we would love to have your help. Send a pull request and someone will review your code. Please follow the Contribution Guidelines before sending your pull request.

FreeTube is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.