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SkyTube Legacy

SkyTube Legacy is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. An ad-free and open-source YouTube client for legacy devices. It has 106 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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About SkyTube Legacy

SkyTube is a YouTube player that allows you to: play YouTube videos download videos browse YouTube channels search videos, music and channels watch channels' playlists view video comments video swipe controls (volume, brightness, comments and description) bookmark videos import subscriptions from YouTube channel subscription with non-intrusive notifications subscriptions feed view and download video thumbnails explore Trending and Most Popular videos In addition, SkyTube is equipped with a robust blocking attribute that allows you to avoid unwanted videos, with capabilities such as channel blacklisting/whitelisting, filtering, exclusions for low views and high dislikes, etc.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds SkyTube Legacy 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

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Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is SkyTube Legacy free and open source?

Yes. SkyTube Legacy'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 SkyTube Legacy?

You can install SkyTube Legacy from F-Droid (package free.rm.skytube.legacy.oss); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.999).

Is SkyTube Legacy still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on May 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.