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SkyTube Legacy

An ad-free and open-source YouTube client for legacy devices.

Free, with trade-offs
Android
Open source

Overview

SkyTube Legacy is a video platform client mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: 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

“An ad-free and open-source YouTube client for legacy devices.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“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…” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“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…” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

SkyTube Legacy 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, 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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