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FreeTube

FreeTube is a video platform client program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: playlists.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

FreeTube is a video platform client program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “FreeTube is a feature-rich and user-friendly YouTube client with a focus on privacy.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “All Subscriptions, Playlists and History are stored locally” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of FreeTube is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron. Please note that FreeTube is currently in Beta. While it should work well for most users, there are still bugs and missing features that need to be addressed.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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