FreeTube
FreeTubeApp/FreeTube
An open-source alternative to YouTube.
An Open Source YouTube app for privacy (from the repository)
- Stars
- 22,073
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-18
- Written in
- Vue
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 10 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Ships untagged
No tagged release
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
94% closed
287 open · 4,640 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+83 in 9 days
22,073 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
Network copyleftAGPL-3.0
Like the GPL, and offering a modified version to users over a network counts: they are owed its source.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
FreeTube’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.
FreeTube against the other open-source options
Every project offered against YouTube, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Invidious | 25,513 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Crystal |
 FreeTube (this page) | 22,073 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Vue |
 Peertube | 15,365 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | TypeScript |
 Piped | 10,283 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Vue |
 LBRY SDK | 7,177 | Quiet | Permissive | ○ | Python |
 NodeTube | 2,368 | Quiet | Permissive | ○ | JavaScript |
 AVideo | 2,107 | Active | Not identified | Compose | JavaScript |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-18
- The pairing with YouTube and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data