Flatsonar

FreeTube + Tabs

by countgitmick

A private YouTube client with browser-style tabs

Broad permissions Verified creator AGPL-3.0-or-later v0.24.3
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About

FreeTube + Tabs is a fork of FreeTube that adds browser-style tabbed browsing. Watch YouTube privately with multiple tabs, preserving state when switching between them. Features include: - Browser-style tabs with drag-and-drop reordering - Per-tab navigation history and scroll position - Idle tab suspension to save resources - Ctrl+click or middle-click to open links in new tabs - No tracking, no ads — uses local API or Invidious for privacy - Import/export subscriptions from YouTube and other services

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.*
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.freetube
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • talks to org.freedesktop.PowerManagement
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.PowerManagement
  • screensaver inhibit
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver
  • session inhibit
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SessionManager
  • talks to org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
    --talk-name=org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
  • portal Desktop
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop
  • portal OpenURI
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI
  • portal FileChooser
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser
  • portal Settings
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Settings

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
  • hosted by github.com/countgitmick, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.countgitmick.FreeTubePlusTabs
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.