SkyTube Legacy

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

New in version 2.999

* Discard AI Dubbed audio tracks by Iván Álvarez López
* Fix channel opening broken by Youtube API changes
* Translators:
* AlphaHighOx, Cabdi Waaxid Siciid, DuninduH, Ettore Atalan, Jeff Huang, Julien BRONDINO,
* Massimo Pissarello, MaxGremory, Milan, Milo Ivir, Paco Men Zarbien, Yaron Shahrabani,
* ialNavy, mackavelue-design, ssantos, whistlingwoods, ℂ𝕠𝕠𝕠𝕝, 大王叫我来巡山

SkyTube is a YouTube player that allows you to:

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 videos

import subscriptions from YouTube

channel subscription with non-intrusive notifications

subscriptions feed

view and download video thumbnails

explore Trending and Most Popular videos

In addition, SkyTube is equipped with a robust blocking attribute that allows you to avoid unwanted videos, with capabilities such as channel blacklisting/whitelisting, filtering, exclusions for low views and high dislikes, etc.

All of this at the tips of your fingers!

More features will be added in the near future.

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This app promotes or depends entirely on a non-free network service

Depends on Youtube.

License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 2.999 (59) suggested Added on May 27, 2026

This version requires Android 4.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
- free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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New in version 2.998

* Fix video loading / downloading etc caused by Youtube API changes.
* Implement OPML import / export support.
* Translators:
* Anonymous,Besnik Bleta,bruh,Ettore Atalan,GMP,idkhow2name,Milan,Milo Ivir,Oğuz Ersen,Priit Jõerüüt,
* Szia Tomi,TXRdev Archive,Yaron Shahrabani,Любомир Василев,大王叫我来巡山

Version 2.998 (58) - Added on Jan 29, 2026

This version requires Android 4.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
- free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Download APK 8.6 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

New in version 2.997

* Fix comment and reply loading
* Fix a crash in the backup preference page
* Translators:
* Besnik Bleta,Charlie Izzy, Ettore Atalan, Ihor Hordiichuk,Jeff Huang,Julio Montero,Kosei Taguchi,
* Massimo Pissarello, Milan, Milo Ivir, Nicolas Radu, Oğuz Ersen, Petrov, Priit Jõerüüt, Rex_sa, Samylol99,
* ShareASmile, Stefanos Stefanidis, Szia Tomi, Vishnu Kalapala, Yaron Shahrabani, kd1211A, maboroshin,
* ssantos, syl, whistlingwoods, Любомир Василев, 大王叫我来巡山

Version 2.997 (57) - Added on Jan 07, 2026

This version requires Android 4.0 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- view network connections
  
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
- free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Download APK 8.6 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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