# VueTubeApp/VueTube

A simple FOSS video streaming client aimed to recreate ALL features from their respective apps (and more)

Repository: https://github.com/VueTubeApp/VueTube
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vuetube
Language: Vue
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, ios, vue, vuetube, watch, youtube-video, contributions-welcome, help-wanted, hacktoberfest
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-02-16T10:24:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1682, "days_push": 929, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3176, forks 167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:47.644162+00:00)

## What it is
VueTube is a free and open-source video streaming client built with Vue that aims to recreate all features of mainstream video apps like YouTube. It targets Android and iOS as a mobile application.

## Use cases
- watch youtube videos without ads
- open source alternative to the youtube app
- stream videos on android with a foss client
- watch videos on ios without tracking
- customize a video streaming client with extra features

## When to choose
- you want a FOSS, privacy-friendly video streaming client on mobile
- you want an ad-free YouTube-like experience with community-driven features

## When to avoid
- you need a fully stable, production-grade YouTube client with guaranteed API compatibility
- you need desktop or web playback support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, entertainment, cross-platform, mobile-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: youtube-client, video-streaming, foss, vue, open-source-client, android, ios

## Member repositories
- VueTubeApp/VueTube (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.644162+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 2026-08-29T18:45:24.730057+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VueTubeApp/VueTube (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.644162+00:00, sha 182f6e1ecb3d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.