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SkyTube Legacy

An open source YouTube client for legacy devices
New in version 2.991
* Optimize internal database, make it faster and smaller.
* Make subscription feed appear (nearly) instantly and do the slow network fetches in the background.
* Use Material themed subscribe button.
* Search query text is clickable on the result.
* Fix broken compilation due to JCenter disapearance
* Show deleted/blocked channels differently, and allow to unsubscribe from them.
* Updated translations for:
* Catalan, Malayalam, Tamil
* Translators:
* ek387587, Rohan Kishore, Onebyone
SkyTube is a YouTube player that allows you to:
* block unwanted videos (including channel blacklisting/whitelisting, language filtering, low view video blocking, high dislikes video blocking... etc.),
* video swipe controls (including volume, brightness, comments and video description controls),
* bookmark videos,
* import subscriptions from YouTube,
* play channels' playlists,
* download videos,
* view and download video thumbnails
* explore Trending and Most Popular videos,
* browse YouTube channels,
* play YouTube videos,
* view video comments,
* search videos, music and channels,
* channel subscription & non-intrusive notifications,
* subscriptions feed

... all at the tip of your fingers.

More features will be added in the near future.

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Versions

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 2.991 (51) suggested Added on Sep 27, 2024

    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 8.3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.990 (50) - Added on Jul 30, 2024

    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.

    Download APK 7.7 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.989 (49) - Added on Jul 17, 2024

    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.
    • request install packages
      Allows an application to request installation of packages.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 7.7 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log