SkyTube

A copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android, without ads.

Features

Innovative Features

Video blocker featuring:
- Channel blacklisting
- Channel whitelisting
- Block videos if their language is not the same as the user's preferred one(s)
- Block low-view videos
- Block high-dislike videos
- Toolbar icon showing number of blocked videos
Watched or partially watched videos are marked accordingly. "Resume playing" feature also implemented
Video swipe controls, including controls for volume, brightness, comments and video description
Bookmark videos
Import subscriptions from YouTube
Play channels' playlists
Download videos
Ability to play the video faster — or slower than live. [New!]
View and download video thumbnails
No adverts when browsing or playing videos
SponsorBlock to skip advertisement segments
Back up and restore bookmarks and subscriptions (all stored locally on your device)

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.

Requirements

Android 4.4 (KitKat) or later. For techies, that means an API level of 19 or greater. If you have older Android device - however, at least 4.0, you should try SkyTube Legacy.

Download

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*	✅	❌
Chromecast Support*	✅	❌
Updates availability	Immediate	Normally up to 5 days
Download APK

* powered by a closed-source, third-party library.

Why SkyTube?

Copylefted libre software
Gratis
Innovative design
No ads
Multilingual
Not dependent on GApps/Google Apps (the official YouTube app)
No need for Google/YouTube account to operate
Does not spy on your behaviour!

Translate

You can help us translate this app into your native language by visiting SkyTube's Weblate page. Just log in using your GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket/Google/Facebook account and start translating!