# nonbili/NouTube

YouTube and YouTube Music in a single app. No ads, plays in the background.

Repository: https://github.com/nonbili/NouTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/noutube
Homepage: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: youtube, youtube-music, android-app
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:08:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 31
- inputs: {"age_days": 438, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 4.0, "n_releases_24m": 67}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1239, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.075681+00:00)

## What it is
NouTube is an Android and desktop application that wraps the mobile YouTube and YouTube Music web apps in a webview, adding ad blocking, background playback, and native playback control hooks. It also offers login-free library and watch history management, video downloads, RSS feeds for channels, and custom CSS theming.

## Use cases
- watch youtube without ads on android
- play youtube music in the background
- manage youtube watch history without signing in
- download youtube videos
- follow youtube channels via rss feeds
- hide youtube shorts
- use youtube and youtube music in one app
- customize youtube appearance with css

## When to choose
- you want an ad-free, background-playing YouTube client on Android or desktop
- you prefer managing your library and history without a Google login
- you want YouTube and YouTube Music combined in a single app
- you want a F-Droid-installable open-source YouTube client

## When to avoid
- you need a native reimplementation of YouTube rather than a webview wrapper
- you rely on official YouTube API guarantees or long-term stability against YouTube changes
- you need iOS support
- ad-blocking wrappers may violate YouTube's terms of service and could break at any time

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, browser-extension, video-processing, gui
- domain: media, android-tools, privacy, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: youtube-client, youtube-music, ad-blocking, background-playback, webview-wrapper, rss-feeds, video-downloader, f-droid, android, desktop

## Member repositories
- nonbili/NouTube (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.075681+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 2026-08-30T05:09:58.620192+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nonbili/NouTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.075681+00:00, sha 836e5150c31d)
  - homepage: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:45.993948+00:00, sha ff085e68d284)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube/install (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.003327+00:00, sha 69f3796de376)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube/features (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.013001+00:00, sha a6a285003d64)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/nora/install (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.018530+00:00, sha f7fb9e70f94d)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/nora/features (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.020065+00:00, sha 6963e3a1022c)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.015002+00:00, sha 336a6125ddd2)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/noutube/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.016783+00:00, sha bda8a318bae2)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/nora/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.021732+00:00, sha 252bb7d7ad79)
  - site_page: https://oss.nonbili.jp/nora/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:20:46.023239+00:00, sha 0ac4108095c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.