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Is there a #YouTube frontend like #NewPipe that can be run on a #Debian system?

Both Piped and Invidious are pretty much dead now.

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I just use mpv.

I use an invidious instance through the w3m terminal browser to get the URL, and pass that onto mpv to play it.

in reply to R. L. Dane

@RL_Dane
Yeah, `mpv <url>` works flawlessly

If someone has a tip for iOS, though, that’d be great

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

#Freetube is in #Debian / Ubuntu repositories, but doesn't work for me. I had to use the .deb package from its website. I prefer its interface.

#Minitube works for me on #Ubuntu 24.10. 4.0 can be installed from #Flatpak but it seems it now requires a yearly fee. Debian and Ubuntu carry v3.9.3 which works fine for me.

#youtube #freesoftware #privacy #opensource

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I use NewPipe on my Android phone. Me too I had problems with Piped and Invidious last times. NewPipe it's for Android only, I need foud a alternative for Debian.

I will test this soon:
freetubeapp.io/
flavio.tordini.org/minitube
github.com/malisipi/NewFlow

in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Minitube is instable on my Debian. Newflow I will test it a other day. For FreeTube work good with the installation of the deb file just not added in my Mate apps menu, I need start it with a commande line.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Also: Freetube via flatpak vor invidous selfhosted AS Container is working fine for me.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Well, it looks like FreeTube (as mentioned by a few people) seems to be doing the trick. Thanks for the input, everyone!

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