title: FreeTube
type: Recommendation
logo: /assets/img/video-streaming/freetube.png
description: |
  <strong>FreeTube</strong> is a free and open source desktop application for <a href="https://youtube.com">YouTube</a>. Your subscription list and playlists are saved locally on your device.

  FreeTube features <a href="https://sponsor.ajay.app">SponsorBlock</a> to help you skip sponsored advertisement, and all Youtube advertisements are blocked by default as well.

  <h4>Notes</h4>
  Your IP address is visible to YouTube, <a href="https://instances.invidious.io">Invidious</a> and SponsorBlock instances that you use. Consider using a <a href='/providers/vpn/'>VPN</a> depending on <a href="/threat-modeling/">threat model.
website: 'https://freetubeapp.io/'
privacy_policy: 'https://freetubeapp.io/privacy.php'
downloads:
  - icon: fab fa-windows
    url: 'https://freetubeapp.io/#download'
  - icon: fab fa-apple
    url: 'https://freetubeapp.io/#download'
  - icon: fab fa-linux
    url: 'https://freetubeapp.io/#download'
  - icon: fab fa-github
    url: 'https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues'