# MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube

Enhance Your YouTube Experience

Repository: https://github.com/MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/uyou-for-youtube
Homepage: https://miro92.com
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-06-26T02:48:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1855, "days_push": 798, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2570, forks 21001 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:01.404698+00:00)

## What it is
uYou is an iOS tweak that enhances the official YouTube app with ad-free browsing, background playback, video/audio downloads, and extensive UI customization. It can be installed on jailbroken devices via a package repo or sideloaded as an IPA without jailbreak.

## Use cases
- block ads in the youtube ios app
- play youtube videos in the background on iphone
- download youtube videos and audio for offline viewing
- customize the youtube app layout and hide tabs
- add gesture controls for volume and brightness in youtube
- export downloaded youtube audio to the music app

## When to choose
- you want to remove ads and enable background playback in the stock YouTube iOS app
- you need offline downloads of YouTube videos, shorts, or audio on iOS
- you want fine-grained control over YouTube's UI, gestures, and playback behavior
- you have a jailbroken device or are comfortable sideloading IPAs

## When to avoid
- you need a solution for Android or desktop YouTube clients
- you cannot or will not jailbreak or sideload apps on your iOS device
- you want a fully supported, officially sanctioned YouTube modification
- you require frequent updates guaranteed to track every YouTube app release

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: plugin-system, video-processing, file-upload
- domain: mobile-development, media, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: youtube-tweak, jailbreak, ad-blocking, background-playback, sideloading, ipa, trollstore, ios-tweak, media, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.404698+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 2026-08-30T02:23:18.343623+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MiRO92/uYou-for-YouTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:01.404698+00:00, sha 46c9ad118ee0)
  - homepage: https://miro92.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:58.161392+00:00, sha 7f6bbde53487)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.