# ycngmn/Nobook

Ad-free facebook lite for Android.

Repository: https://github.com/ycngmn/Nobook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nobook
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, facebook, jetpack-compose
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-03-16T07:54:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 56, longevity 35
- inputs: {"age_days": 503, "days_push": 170, "days_rel": 294, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 67 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.154951+00:00)

## What it is
Nobook is a lightweight, ad-free Android client for browsing Facebook, built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose on top of a WebView. It blocks sponsored ads and suggested posts and allows downloading media.

## Use cases
- browse facebook without ads on android
- block sponsored posts and suggested content on facebook
- download photos and videos from facebook
- use a lightweight facebook lite alternative
- avoid facebook tracking and clutter on mobile

## When to choose
- you want an ad-free, lightweight Facebook experience on Android
- you need to save Facebook media to your device
- you prefer open-source, privacy-friendly Facebook clients

## When to avoid
- you need full native Facebook features like Messenger, Marketplace, or posting tools
- you want an iOS or desktop client
- Facebook web changes break WebView-based clients and you need guaranteed reliability

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, privacy, gui
- domain: social-media, android-tools, privacy, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: facebook-client, ad-blocking, jetpack-compose, webview-wrapper, media-downloader, facebook-lite, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- ycngmn/Nobook (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.154951+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:26:04.743035+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ycngmn/Nobook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.154951+00:00, sha 7692091cfe0d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.