FreeTube

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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 (10 and later), Mac (macOS 13 and later) & Linux thanks to Electron.

<p align="center"><a href="https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases">Download FreeTube</a></p>
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<p align="center"><a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a> &bull; <a href="#how-does-it-work">How does it work?</a> &bull; <a href="#features">Features</a> &bull; <a href="#download-links">Download Links</a> &bull; <a href="#contributing">Contributing</a> &bull; <a href="#localization">Localization</a> &bull; <a href="#contact">Contact</a> &bull; <a href="#donate">Donate</a> &bull; <a href="#license">License</a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://freetubeapp.io/">Website</a> &bull; <a href="https://docs.freetubeapp.io/">Documentation</a> &bull; <a href="https://docs.freetubeapp.io/faq/">FAQ</a> &bull; <a href="https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/discussions">Discussions</a></p>
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> [!NOTE] 
> 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.
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> If you have an idea or if you found a bug, please submit a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/new/choose) so that we can track it.  Please [search the existing issues](https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues?q=is%3Aissue+sort%3Arelevance-desc) before submitting to prevent duplicates!

## Screenshots
| The main FreeTube window                                                                         |
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| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTubeApp.io/master/src/images/FreeTube1.png)|

| Watching a video                                                                                 |
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| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTubeApp.io/master/src/images/FreeTube2.png)|

| Settings                                                                                         |
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| ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTubeApp.io/master/src/images/FreeTube3.png)|

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