Seal
Seal is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Video/Audio downloader designed and themed with Material You. It has 29,533 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- YouTube & video clients
- Actively maintained
About Seal
Features Download videos and audio files from video platforms supported by yt-dlp Embed metadata and video thumbnail into extracted audio files Download all videos in the playlist with one click Use embedded aria2c as external downloader for all your downloads Embed subtitles into downloaded videos Execute custom yt-dlp commands with templates Manage in-app downloads and custom command templates Easy to use and user-friendly Material Design 3 style UI, with dynamic color theme
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Seal 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 Seal?
Seal is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Video/Audio downloader designed and themed with Material You. It has 29,533 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Seal free and open source?
Yes. Seal's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only 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 Seal?
You can install Seal from F-Droid (package com.junkfood.seal); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.13.1).
Is Seal still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 25, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jan 6, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.