YourTube Alternatives and Similar Apps

youtube-dl

Augmentable with front-ends such as Youtube-DLG , youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube and a hundreds other sites. It requires the Python interpreter and is therefore platform-independent. It can be integrated in other programs and so be used to watch online videos in local applications such as MPV .

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PC-BSD

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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 in order to gain the information it needs. Therefore this app can be used on devices without Google Services installed. Also, you don't need a YouTube account to use NewPipe, and it's FLOSS.

Free Open Source Android Android Tablet YouTube

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Youtube-DLG

A cross platform front-end GUI of the popular youtube-dl written in wxPython.

Free Open Source Windows Linux wxPython

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YouTube Vanced

Download YouTube Vanced APK for Non-Rooted, Rooted, and Magisk Android devices. Vanced also was known as iYTBP is a new modded version of YouTube which contains ad blocking and background playback features.

Free Android Android Tablet

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Freemake Video Converter

Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube. Freemake is the only free video converter that rips online videos via URL copypaste from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and 50+ sites. Download YouTube to iTunes. Convert YouTube to MP3, MP4, AVI, etc.

• Bundleware
  The installer contains OpenCandy. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

Freemium Windows

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ClipGrab

ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and many other online video sites. It converts downloaded videos to MPEG4, MP3 or other formats in just one easy step. Downloaded videos can be converted to the following file formats: WEBM, WMV, MPEG4, OGG Theora, MP3 (audio only), OGG Vorbis (audio only).

• Bundleware
  The default Windows installer contains Opencandy. A version with no third-party offers is available in Download options.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux

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FrostWire

FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire . Unlike other BitTorrent clients, FrostWire allows users to query both BitTorrent Search engines & Cloud sources from within the application (YouTube, SoundCloud and Archive.

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• Bundleware
  As reported on VirusTotal, the installer contains Opencandy. Be careful during installation. https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/60a309e91ba1039c3527053867e0e210ff2e18628a01acc264d82430e6436889/analysis/

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet ... Kindle Fire

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Freemake Video Downloader

Freemake Video Downloader is a free video downloader that lets download videos from YouTube, Google, Facebook, Dailymotion and other sites either in HD, 4K, MP4, FLV, 3GP or convert web videos to FLV, AVI, MP4, MP3. Numerous Sites Support | Get easy and quick video downloads from YouTube, Google, Facebook, MTV, MTV Music, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Vimeo, Veoh, Break, Nicovideo, 18+. The Premium Pack ($9.

• Bundleware
  The installer contains OpenCandy. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

Free Personal Windows

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Youtube Video and Audio Downloader

Youtube Video and Audio Downloader is an open-source project, downloading Youtube videos (using Firefox download manager) in all available formats (FLV, MP4, WebM, and 3GP) with video quality of your choice. It also contains a pure JavaScript library to extract the original audio file out of FLV videos. It also shipped with an offline tool to extract audio files out of FLV videos. Features: 1. Download YouTube videos in all available format (FLV, MP4, WebM, 3GP, DASH) 2.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Firefox

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SnapTube

Download YouTube video and music in seconds. It’s fast, easy, and free. Download YouTube videos in MP3 format with SnapTube’s killer music download feature. Save time and space on your phone. No extra encoding process or plugin required. Key features: 1. DOWNLOAD IN MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS MP4 videos are available in multiple resolutions: choose the small size of 360 pixels or the high-definition of 720 pixels. 2.

Free Android Chrome OS

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