mirror of https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
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<img src="https://freetubeapp.github.io/images/logoColor.png" width=500 align="center">
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FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind.
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Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript.
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Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron.
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Please note that FreeTube is currently in Beta. While it should work well for
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most users, there are still bugs and missing features that need to be
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addressed.
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[Download FreeTube](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases)
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### Browser Extension
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Download our browser extension so that you can click on videos in your browser and have them automatically open up in FreeTube.
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[Download for Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/freetube-redirect/)
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[Instructions for Google Chrome](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/wiki/Browser-Extension)
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## How does it work?
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FreeTube uses the [Invidious API](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) to grab and serve videos. Invidious scrapes the YouTube site which prevents the need for any official YouTube API. While YouTube can still see your video requests, it can no
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longer track you using cookies or JavaScript. Your subscriptions, history, and
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saved videos are stored locally on your computer and never sent out. Using a VPN or Tor is recommended
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to hide your IP while using FreeTube.
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## Screenshots
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<img src="https://freetubeapp.github.io/images/FreeTube1.png" width=200> <img src="https://freetubeapp.github.io/images/FreeTube2.png" width=200> <img src="https://freetubeapp.github.io/images/FreeTube3.png" width=200> <img src="https://freetubeapp.github.io/images/FreeTube5.png" width=200>
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## Features
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* Watch videos without ads
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* Use YouTube without Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript
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* Tor / Proxy Support
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* Subscribe to channels without an account
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* Local subscriptions, history, and saved videos
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* Export & import subscriptions
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* Open videos from your browser directly into FreeTube (with extension)
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* Mini Player
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* Light / dark theme
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## Contributing
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If you have an idea or if you found a bug, please submit a GitHub issue so that
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we can track it. Please search the existing issues before submitting to
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prevent duplicates.
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If you like to get your hands dirty and want to contribute, we would love to
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have your help. Send a pull request and someone will review your code. Please
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follow the [Contribution
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Guidelines](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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before sending your pull request.
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Thank you very much to the [People and Projects](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/wiki/Credits) that make FreeTube possible!
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## Contact
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If you ever have any questions, feel free to make an issue here on GitHub. Alternatively, you can email me at FreeTubeApp@protonmail.com or you can join our [Matrix Server](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freetube:matrix.org). Don't forget to check out the [rules](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/wiki/Matrix-Server-Info-&-Rules) before joining.
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You can also stay up to date by reading the [FreeTube Blog](https://write.as/freetube/). [View the welcome blog](https://write.as/freetube/welcome-to-freetube-blogs).
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## License
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[![GNU GPLv3 Image](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gplv3-127x51.png)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
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FreeTube is Free Software: You can use, study share and improve it at your
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will. Specifically you can redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the
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[GNU General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) as
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published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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