# SmartTube (open-source YouTube and video client)

> SmartTube is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. Browse media content with your own rules on Android TV. It has 34,659 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

My development environment was infected by unknown malicious software, as a result of which a few builds may have been affected. Once the issue was detected, I secured everything with a full disk wipe, restored a clean setup, and now all builds are scanned with VirusTotal. The F-Droid version will also be verified before release.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Java |
| GitHub stars | 34,659 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/app.smarttube.fdroid/ (package app.smarttube.fdroid) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://smarttubeapp.github.io |
| Official | no |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | 32.56s (Sep 23, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

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

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