OuterTune
OuterTune is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Material 3 local Music Player and YouTube Music client. It has 5,415 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- YouTube & video clients
- Actively maintained
About OuterTune
OuterTune is a supercharged fork of InnerTune. This app is both a local media player, and a YouTube Music client. YouTube Music client with song downloading (offline playback), background playback, no ADs, and account synchronization Local audio file playback (MP3, OGG, FLAC, etc.) Uses a custom tag extractor instead of MediaStore's broken metadata extractor!
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds OuterTune from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is OuterTune?
OuterTune is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Material 3 local Music Player and YouTube Music client. It has 5,415 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is OuterTune free and open source?
Yes. OuterTune's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install OuterTune?
You can install OuterTune from F-Droid (package com.dd3boh.outertune) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v0.10.1).
Is OuterTune still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 16, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Dec 19, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.