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LibreTube

Alternative frontend for YouTube with focus on privacy.

Free, with trade-offs
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Publisher: Team LibreTube
Latest version: 32.1 (23 August 2026)
Latest activity: 23 August 2026
Source code: github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists and sync across devices.

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

“In comparison to YouTube, LibreTube has some additional features like SponsorBlock, DeArrow, Subscription Groups, Playlist bookmarks, and many more.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“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.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

LibreTube is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (GPL-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 advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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