Alternatives to Kaku for all platforms with any license

NewPipe

NewPipe is a lightweight YouTube front-end for Android. It doesn't need the YouTube-API or any Google Play Services, as NewPipe only parses the YouTube website...

Free Open Source Android YouTube
Ad-free Listen Youtube in background Convert YouTube videos to Mp3 Background playing ... Allows subscriptions Autoplay Lightweight Support for subtitles Add a feature

94 Like
SkyTube

SkyTube is an ad-free, open-source YouTube app for the Android platform. Features: browse popular/trending videos, subscribe to YouTube channels, play videos and more.

Free Open Source Android Android Tablet YouTube
Ad-free Listen Youtube in background Add a feature

19 Like
Minitube

Minitube is a YouTube desktop application. With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. Minitube...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

45 Like
Echoes Player

Echoes is a YouTube media player that provides a great, simplified user experience with no trailer ads or other distractions like comments. Simply select a video to play...

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Chrome AngularJS Bootstrap
Ad-free Built-in Ad-blocker Add a feature

7 Like
MotionBox

The video browser for motion freedom, MotionBox is a desktop client for streaming video that lets you stream videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion.

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

4 Like
myTube

myTube is a YouTube app built to keep your video playing no matter what. By lightly fading the video into the background, you can continue to watch while you read...

Commercial $ $ $ Windows Windows S Windows Phone Xbox
Upload directly to YouTube Listen Youtube in background Convert YouTube videos to Mp3 Add a feature

4 Like
YouTube Vanced

Vanced is a modded version of YouTube with many features such as adblocking and background playback.

Free Android Android Tablet
Background Music Add a feature

3 Like
SMTube

Free Youtube browser for SMPlayer which allows to browse, search and play YouTube videos.

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

3 Like
FreeTube

FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisments and prevent Google tracking from you with their cookies...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Ad-free Add a feature

3 Like
Awesome Tube

This is what you want for Youtube app in Windows 10 platform Fast, simple, easy to use, mostly full-featured application for streaming video in Youtube Just...

Free Windows Windows Phone Xbox
No features added Add a feature

1 Like
YouTube Media Player

Media Player is an open-source project that aims to enhance the overall YouTube experience. Features: 1. Set preferred video playback volume for all videos 2....

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome Opera ... Firefox
No features added Add a feature

6 Like
GTK YouTube Viewer

A lightweight application for searching and streaming videos from YouTube.

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

2 Like
YouView

Browse, watch, convert, and download YouTube videos on your Mac faster, because YouView uses the core technologies of Mac OS X to play instead of Flash allowing video to...

Free Open Source Mac
No features added Add a feature

4 Like
- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 0.6.1 , released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Tubbler

YouTube Movie Player for Mac OS X. There is no better place to find movies than on the YouTube website, but did you ever want to play YouTube movies outside of your web...

Free Mac
Fullscreen support Lightweight Add a feature

5 Like
- Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.7, released in April 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
FoxTube

Play YouTube video continuously with playlists. FoxTube features: * Easy search (auto-completion, search history) * Local playlists * Play in mini player while...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Drag n drop Fullscreen support Support for HD videos Integrated Search ... Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Add a feature

2 Like
- Discontinued The apps seem to be no longer updated. The iOS version is no longer available on the AppStore. The other versions, released in 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.