# Seal (open-source YouTube and video client)

> 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.

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Jetpack Compose |
| GitHub stars | 29,533 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.junkfood.seal/ (package com.junkfood.seal) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | v1.13.1 (Oct 16, 2024) |
| Last commit | Sep 25, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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