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youtfast

A native YouTube desktop client built with Rust, egui and libmpv.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

youtfast is a video platform client program, available on Linux.

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
  • “A native YouTube desktop client built with Rust, egui and libmpv” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

youtfast is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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 account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub bcosta19/youtfast (GPL-3.0-only)

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