Thorium Alternatives

Thorium is described as 'PeerTube is a federated video streaming platform that is community-owned and ad-free, with no vendor lock-in. This client allows you to watch and browse videos on a server of your choice in the PeerTube network' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Thorium for a variety of platforms, including Android, F-Droid, PeerTube, Web-based and YouTube apps. The best Thorium alternative is NewPipe, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Thorium are PeerTube, Piped, Tubular and PipePipe.

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  1. NewPipe icon

    NewPipe

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    Discover and stream videos with a lightweight open-source front-end supporting YouTube, PeerTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and more. Enjoy seamless 4K playback, audio in background, and video downloads without the need for Google Services or an account. Perfect for avid streamers.

    140 NewPipe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • SoundCloud
    • YouTube Music
    • Flathub
    • Bandcamp
    • YouTube
    • F-Droid
    • Flatpak
    • PeerTube
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    • NewPipe is the most popular Android alternative to Thorium.

    • NewPipe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Thorium.

    • NewPipe is Free and Open SourceThorium is also Free and Open Source
    • NewPipe is Privacy focused and LightweightThorium is not according to our users
  2. PeerTube icon

    PeerTube

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    A free, decentralized and federated video platform that allows peer-to-peer video streaming. Supports interoperability via ActivityPub, customizable user interface, video embedding, and follows channels from across the Fediverse without data mining or ads.

    73 PeerTube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
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    • PeerTube is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & Self-Hosted alternative to Thorium.

    • PeerTube is Free and Open SourceThorium is also Free and Open Source
    • PeerTube is Privacy focusedThorium is not according to our users
  3. Piped icon

    Piped

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    Ad-free frontend to YouTube offering channel subscriptions without an account, multiple playlist import/export formats, SponsorBlock integration, picture-in-picture, and privacy features. No Google connection, supports dark mode, is open-source, and requires no email.

    65 Piped alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Tubular icon

    Tubular

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    Android streaming client fork combining SponsorBlock for automatic sponsor skipping and ReturnYouTubeDislike to restore public dislike counts, supporting YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and PeerTube playback and download, with no Google service reliance.

    69 Tubular alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • SoundCloud
    • Bandcamp
    • YouTube
    • F-Droid
    • PeerTube
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  6. Tartube icon

    Tartube

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    Tartube is a GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on Youtube-DLG and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3.

    76 Tartube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • youtube-dl
    • GTK+
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    • Tartube is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Thorium.

    • Tartube is Free and Open SourceThorium is also Free and Open Source
  8. LastPipeBender icon

    LastPipeBender

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    The Last Pipe Bender | Newpipe + Tubular (Sponsorblock/Dislikes) 🎉 | current maintainer: @asandikci

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  9. YaShlang icon

    YaShlang

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • YouTube
    • F-Droid
    • PeerTube
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  10. P2Play icon

    P2Play

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    P2Play is an app for peertube.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • PeerTube
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  13. TubeAcad icon

    TubeAcad

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    TubeAcad is an app for academic peertube instances. You can choose between unauthenticated mode (without account) and authenticated mode (with account). In unauthenticated mode, you can still share, download, or report videos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • PeerTube
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