LibreTube
LibreTube is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Alternative frontend for YouTube with focus on privacy. It has 12,785 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Official
- Android
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- YouTube & video clients
- Actively maintained
About LibreTube
LibreTube is an alternative frontend for YouTube, focusing on user privacy and better watching experience. It doesn't require any YouTube account or Google Services installed on your device. In comparison to YouTube, LibreTube has some additional features like SponsorBlock, DeArrow, Subscription Groups, Playlist bookmarks, and many more. Apart from that, you can subscribe to channels and create private playlists just as you're used to from YouTube. LibreTube optionally allows you to use Piped to load data and play videos for better privacy as well as syncing your subscriptions and playlists between different devices.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds LibreTube from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is LibreTube?
LibreTube is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Alternative frontend for YouTube with focus on privacy. It has 12,785 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is LibreTube free and open source?
Yes. LibreTube's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install LibreTube?
You can install LibreTube from F-Droid (package com.github.libretube); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v32.1).
Is LibreTube still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 23, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.