# SkyTube Legacy (open-source YouTube and video client)

> SkyTube Legacy is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. An ad-free and open-source YouTube client for legacy devices. It has 104 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

SkyTube is a YouTube player that allows you to: play YouTube videos download videos browse YouTube channels search videos, music and channels watch channels' playlists view video comments video swipe controls (volume, brightness, comments and description) bookmark videos import subscriptions from YouTube channel subscription with non-intrusive notifications subscriptions feed view and download video thumbnails explore Trending and Most Popular videos In addition, SkyTube is equipped with a robust blocking attribute that allows you to avoid unwanted videos, with capabilities such as channel blacklisting/whitelisting, filtering, exclusions for low views and high dislikes, etc.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTubeLegacy |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 104 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss/ (package free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | v2.999 (May 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | May 25, 2026 |

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

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