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NouTube

YouTube and YouTube Music in a single app.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Linux and Android
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing: 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
  • “Inject code to block ads” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Gérez votre playlist et votre bibliothèque musicale sans vous connecter” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

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 advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

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

About

Manage video/music library without login Manage watch history without login No ads Download video Hide shorts Sponsor block

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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