# polymorphicshade/Tubular

A fork of NewPipe that implements SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike.

Repository: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tubular
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-07T03:57:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 62, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 955, "days_push": 57, "days_rel": 177, "gap_med": 62.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3194, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.266913+00:00)

## What it is
Tubular is an Android YouTube front-end client forked from NewPipe that adds SponsorBlock segment skipping and Return YouTube Dislike counts. The project has been discontinued and its README points users to alternatives like PipePipe and Morphe.

## Use cases
- watch youtube on android without the official app
- skip sponsor segments in youtube videos
- see youtube dislike counts on mobile
- background play youtube videos without ads
- privacy-friendly youtube client for android

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained app with ongoing bug fixes
- you need support for recent YouTube changes
- you want an actively developed fork - use PipePipe or Morphe instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, video-processing
- domain: media, android-tools, privacy
- platform: -
- tags: youtube-client, newpipe-fork, sponsorblock, return-youtube-dislike, discontinued, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- polymorphicshade/Tubular (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.266913+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 2026-08-30T07:24:54.660775+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.266913+00:00, sha 576e8c410e71)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.