# Frosty (open-source YouTube and video client)

> Frosty is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android and iOS. A mobile Twitch client for iOS and Android with 7TV, BetterTTV (BTTV), and FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) support. It has 1,060 GitHub stars and is released under the AGPL-3.0 license, and you can install it from Google Play and the App Store.

The official Twitch mobile app doesn't support emotes from 7TV, BetterTTV (BTTV), and FrankerFaceZ (FFZ) — third-party extensions for Twitch used by millions. As a result, only emote text names are rendered rather than their actual image or GIF, making the chat unreadable in many channels.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/tommyxchow/frosty |
| Platforms | Android, iOS |
| Built with | Flutter |
| GitHub stars | 1,060 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | not listed |
| F-Droid anti-features | n/a |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tommychow.frosty |
| App Store | https://apps.apple.com/app/id1603987585 |
| Website | https://frostyapp.io |
| Official | no |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | v5.2.0 (Aug 16, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

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