# SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube

Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android

Repository: https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skytube
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: youtube, android, app, youtube-player, download-videos, copyleft, youtube-dl, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-12T05:52:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3939, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 101, "gap_med": 21, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2775, forks 348 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:21.192404+00:00)

## What it is
SkyTube is a copylefted (GPLv3) open-source YouTube player app for Android that lets users browse, search, and watch YouTube videos without ads. It includes features like channel blacklisting, video downloads, SponsorBlock integration, subscription import, and local bookmark backups.

## Use cases
- watch youtube videos without ads on android
- download youtube videos to my phone
- import my youtube subscriptions into an open source app
- block low-quality or unwanted youtube channels
- skip sponsored segments in youtube videos
- play youtube videos in background at different speeds
- back up my youtube bookmarks and subscriptions locally

## When to choose
- you want a fully open-source, ad-free YouTube client on Android
- you need video downloading and SponsorBlock support
- you want fine-grained filtering of channels and videos
- you prefer libre software with local data storage

## When to avoid
- you need YouTube account features like commenting or uploading
- you want Chromecast support in a fully open-source build (only the Extra variant with non-OSS libraries supports it)
- you run Android older than 4.4 (use SkyTube Legacy instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, android-tools, privacy, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: youtube-client, ad-free, sponsorblock, video-downloader, free-software, media-player, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.192404+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 2026-08-30T08:16:33.431539+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:21.192404+00:00, sha b5762a989bc4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.