FreeTube
by FreeTube Team
Watch YouTube privately
About
FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron.
Please note that FreeTube is currently in Beta. While it should work well for most users, there are still bugs and missing features that need to be addressed.
Permissions
Everything this app can reach outside its sandbox. Nothing here weakens it.
- inter-process communication (needed for X11)
--share=ipc - network
--share=network - X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
--socket=fallback-x11 - audio
--socket=pulseaudio - Wayland display
--socket=wayland - GPU acceleration
--device=dri - session inhibit
--talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager - screensaver inhibit
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver - talks to org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
--talk-name=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon - talks to org.freedesktop.PowerManagement
--talk-name=org.freedesktop.PowerManagement - registers as a media player (MPRIS)
--own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.* - registers as a media player (MPRIS)
--own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.freetube
Who publishes this
The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.
- installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x2)
source:prebuilt - verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
publisher:flathub
Maintenance
Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.
No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.