Open Source NewPipe Alternatives for Linux

NewPipe is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is FreeTube. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to NewPipe and many of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to NewPipe are yt-dlp, youtube-dl, Spotube and nuclear.

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    Materialious

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    Materialious is a modern material design YouTube frontend built ontop of Invidious. Supports Desktop Win/Mac/Linux and Android/Android TV

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
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    FrostWire

     133 likes

    FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire .

    64 FrostWire alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
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    VacuumTube

     9 likes

    VacuumTube is an unofficial wrapper of YouTube Leanback (the console and Smart TV version of YouTube) for the desktop, with a built-in adblocker and minor enhancements.

    59 VacuumTube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    PlasmaTube

     11 likes

    PlasmaTube is YouTube video player based on libmpv and youtube-dl for Linux/Linux mobile. PlasmaTube allows you to watch YouTube videos on your phone or desktop using a elegant user interface integrated with...

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    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Plasma Mobile
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    AudioTube

     8 likes

    Enables Linux and Linux mobile users to stream music, search artists and albums, play autogenerated or personal playlists, shuffle tracks, manage favorites, view lyrics, and use a multi-language interface, all in an open-source environment that integrates with mobile apps.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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    QMPlay2

     13 likes

    QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes. It contains YouTube and Prostopleer browser.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
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    GTK YouTube Viewer

     7 likes

    Lightweight Linux client enables searching videos, playlists, and channels, streaming via popular media players, YouTube API login, audio-only mode, downloading videos, viewing trending content, saving favorites, subtitles, comments, and watch history.

    33 GTK YouTube Viewer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    YaShlang

     4 likes

    PeerTube and YouTube player for Android offering background playback, whitelisted recommendations, offline download, channel and playlist management, blacklisting, starred videos, quick start setup, no Google account need, and direct video data extraction.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Android
    • YouTube
    • F-Droid
    • PeerTube
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    ytdlp-monkey

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    ytdlp-monkey consists of two scripts for Video websites that work together to provide an accessible menu option to download the current open video. When clicked, it sends the current video's URL to a small local server running yt-dlp (https://alternativeto.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Greasemonkey
    • Violentmonkey
    • Tampermonkey
     
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    PsTube

     10 likes

    PsTube (old name: FluTube) is YouTube vierwer/downloader made using flutter for Multi-platforms.

    47 PsTube alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Debian
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