FYI: Newpipe is NOT a youtube fork. It's an app build from scratch.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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i meant client. Accidently typed fork because i was talking about a fork . Anyway its now fixed in the post.
Ah yeah that makes more sense. :) Cheers
I think at this point, what's needed is a wiki page comparing the various forks and options. I'm not a heavy *Tube user, and I can't keep track.
AFAICT, there are at least five active Tube front-end apps:
- NewPipe
- NewPipe x Sponsorblock
- FreeTube (the only one that isn't a NP fork)
- Tubular (how does this differ from MP x SB?)
- PipePipe
Active, committed maintainers are one of the most important features of any such tool, as Google constantly works to sabotage alt front-ends and timely work-around updates are critical. But some sort of feature comparison matrix would be nice.
Tubular (how does this differ from MP x SB?)
NewPipe x Sponsorblock is dead and Tubular is the continuation of it by the same author.
Ah. Thanks.
Interesting. I'm still using NewPipe x Sponsorblock and haven't had any issues with it. Any idea why the change? It looks more or less identical.
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My YouTube use is quite limited. I was using the no longer maintained Newpipe Sponsorblock, recently switched to Tubular (rework of aforementioned). I also use Freetube Cordova and Invidious through UnTrackme.
Is there a reason for me to switch to this other fork? I watch probably 5-10 minutes a month.
Oh shit I had no idea Newpipe Sponsorblock was archived I still use it quit a bit. Any idea what happened there since the dev seemed quit active.
*edit: Also, is there a new maintained Newpipe fork with Sponsorblock integrated?
I wasn't following it too much but I think they wanted to rewrite it. So, from the same developer is Tubular.
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Can't talk about the others but it is defenetly more polished , stable and better than invideous in my opinion .
OK, thanks, I will take a look
Why is this better than NewPipe? I much prefer apps that focus on 1 thing and dont support 20 additional services.
It's great for people who like vocaloid because you can listen to your favorite songs across yt, niconico, and even bilibili.
I know a few different people who have a few of their songs made using vocaloid and other related software on yt but the majority of their work is on one of the other platforms and pipepipe is so much more convenient than having both the niconico app and bilibili app installed.
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Great recommendation I was able to import over my stuff from newpipe x Sponsorblock. Nice to get comment replies working for the first time.
Glad you are having a good experiance .
Here's its link
EDIT : it supported channel tabs before NewPipe added them and also shows comment replies.
Thx for the recommendation, this seems to be pretty great, specially to access other services like bilibili and niconico without spyware alongside youtube 🤙
Melcowe
Does it have Sponsor Block? I can't seem to find it in Settings.
Its there as the last option in settings
Ah, looks like the fdroid repo I have on my frontend isn't the latest version.
Going to unobtainium direct github now shows SponsorBlock. Ty.
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Just installed it. Seems pretty slick. Haven't tried the import from youtube yet though
You weren't kidding, this is a fantastic replacement. Cheers for the rec.
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I'm using pipepipe and libretube,newpipe can't view the live recordings on some content which is a shame but I think if libretube is more recommendable.
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Has anyone tried LibreTube (F-Droid link)? It uses the Piped API, which is an alternative YouTube frontend.
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What is the api URL to get sponsor block working? I've tried like 4 different ones based on the docs, but can't figure it out.
After I enabled Sponsorblock it took a couple of days for it to actually start working for some reason. But the default one (https://sponsor.ajay.app/api/)should work eventually.
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How does it compare to libretube?
Better , except it's not piped like libretube if you are aldready running a vpn then there is no issue (if you even want that kind of privacy of course) .
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