LocalTube
Key Features:
- Decentralized Local Server: Runs a lightweight, concurrent Java HTTP server directly on your Android device (default port 8080), serving a modern, responsive web interface.
- Cross-Device Playback: Connect seamlessly to the server from any device on your local network (PC, laptop, smart TV, tablet) by visiting your device's local IP.
- Video.js Media Player: High-performance HTML5 player using Video.js for quality switching, adaptive playback speed, gesture controls, and smooth seeking.
- Enhanced Gestures & Shortcuts: Double-tap or double-click to seek 10s forward/backward (with chevron ripples), swipe vertically to adjust volume (with volume HUD), and use keyboard/remote D-pad shortcuts (Space, J, L, M, Arrows).
- Autoplay Queue: Seamless "Up Next" autoplay timer countdown at the end of video playback with Cancel and Play Now actions.
- Picture-in-Picture & Subtitles: Native floating Picture-in-Picture window support, and fully fixed WebVTT captions/subtitles rendering.
- Remote Playback Control: Remotely control other active clients on your network (play, pause, fast-forward, rewind) from the web interface.
- Database Backup Import/Export: Back up and restore your settings and SQLite watch history as JSON files.
- YouTube Interests & Subscriptions Importer: Log in securely via WebView to scrape and import subscription lists, as well as personalize followed interest keywords using unique homepage recommendation tags.
- Dedicated Shorts Player Integration: Open YouTube Shorts directly in a specialized vertical scrolling Shorts player (supporting swipe controls) from your Watch Later, History, or Search feeds.
- Custom Quality Preferences: Easily manage preferred video streaming resolutions directly inside the client and server settings.
- Theme Customization: Toggle between modern Dark and clean Light themes instantly.
- Material 3 User Interface: Beautifully updated UI with cohesive Material Design 3 tokens, color harmonies, and responsive layouts.
- Private Watch History: Tracks your watched videos locally on the host device using a secure SQLite database, maintaining privacy with zero external telemetry or tracking.
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- Author: diekaiju
- License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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2: Added a setting to automatically default to Audio-Only playback (Shorts excluded)
3: Added Swipe-to-Refresh support to reload pages inside the WebView container easily
4: Replaced the WebView-based audio player with a fully native Android Audio Player Activity for optimized background playback performance
5: Replaced the bottom cancel button in Google login/import d
Centralized log repository with a dedicated terminal-style Log Activity
Dynamic Material You color synchronization to the Client Web UI
Integrated Google login and YouTube subscriptions auto-scraper import feature
Made server access endpoints text selectable for easy copying