# TizenTube

A TizenBrew module to remove ads and add support for SponsorBlock for your Tizen TV.

Repository: https://github.com/reisxd/TizenTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tizentube
Homepage: https://tizentube.app
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ad-blocker, tizen, tizen-tv, ublock-origin, youtube, tizenbrew
Last push: 2026-08-22T12:29:20+00:00
Link (homepage): https://tizentube.app

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 81
- inputs: {"age_days": 1147, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 36, "gap_med": 15, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2014, forks 171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:05.373567+00:00)

## What it is
TizenTube Cobalt is a YouTube client app built on Google's Cobalt runtime that brings an ad-free, enhanced viewing experience to non-Tizen devices like Android TV, Google TV, and Fire TV. It adds ad blocking, SponsorBlock segment skipping, DeArrow support, and playback speed controls.

## Use cases
- watch youtube without ads on android tv
- skip sponsored segments in videos on a tv
- replace the stock youtube app on fire tv stick
- get sponsorblock and dearrow on google tv
- sideload an enhanced youtube app on a smart tv
- control video playback speed on a tv

## When to choose
- you want an ad-free YouTube experience on Android TV, Google TV, or Fire TV
- you want SponsorBlock and DeArrow features on a TV
- your device is not a Samsung Tizen TV and cannot run the original TizenTube

## When to avoid
- you have a Samsung Tizen TV, where the original TizenTube is the native option
- you need a YouTube client for desktop or mobile platforms
- you require official YouTube features like account sync that modified clients may not fully support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, browser-extension, gui
- domain: media, entertainment, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: youtube-client, adblock, sponsorblock, smart-tv, android-tv, cobalt, streaming, android, desktop

## Member repositories
- reisxd/TizenTube (main) score 94
- reisxd/TizenTubeCobalt (plugin) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.373567+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 2026-08-30T07:35:15.909194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reisxd/TizenTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.373567+00:00, sha d364e99d7927)
  - homepage: https://tizentube.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:50:56.445726+00:00, sha f471486fb7ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.