# NewPipe (open-source YouTube and video client)

> NewPipe is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Lightweight YouTube frontend. It has 39,963 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

NewPipe does not use any Google framework libraries, or the YouTube API. It only parses the website in order to gain the information it needs. Therefore this app can be used on devices without Google Services installed. Also, you don't need a YouTube account to use NewPipe, and it's FLOSS.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 39,963 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ (package org.schabi.newpipe) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://newpipe.net |
| Official | yes (published by the organization behind the product) |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | v0.29.1 (Aug 15, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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