Fast, private, and feature-rich YouTube client for Android. No Ads, tracking, or data collection.
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- Fluid Glass UI: Dynamic, smooth, and full-screen browsing experience.
- Background Play with media controls.
- Picture-in-Picture (PiP).
- Subtitles Support.
- Comments.
- Incognito Mode.
- High-Quality Downloads.
- Gesture Controls.
- Orientation Flexibility: Push up/down landscape and portrait modes.
- Subscription Management: (No Google account required).
- Privacy First.
PlayTube has a simple learning algorithm that learns & recommends videos based on user activity.
| Category | Technology | Description |
|---|---|---|
| App Architecture | MVVM | Model-View-ViewModel architecture |
| Clean Architecture | Strict Domain, Data, & UI layer separation | |
| Repository Pattern | Centralized data access from local and remote sources | |
| Kotlin & Reactive | Kotlin Coroutines | Asynchronous tasks and background operations |
| StateFlow | Reactive UI state management | |
| UI Framework | Jetpack Compose | 100% declarative UI toolkit |
| Material Design 3 | Modern Android UI components and dynamic theming | |
| Compose Animations | Smooth UI animations and transitions | |
| Data Storage | Room Database | Stores local user metadata |
| Jetpack DataStore | Stores user preferences (e.g., PiP and History settings) | |
| Media & Networking | AndroidX Media3 | ExoPlayer integration for video/audio playback |
| Coil 3 | Fast, modern image loading with caching | |
| NewPipeExtractor | Extracts YouTube streams and metadata | |
| OkHttp | Reliable HTTP networking client | |
| Background & DI | Hilt (Dagger) | Dependency Injection framework |
| WorkManager | Guaranteed background task execution for downloads | |
| Build & Tooling | KSP | Kotlin Symbol Processing for Room & Hilt |
| Version Catalogs | Centralized dependency and version management |
- Newpipe extractor.
- Newpipe.
- LibreTube.
- Pipepipe.
- Flow. For making this project possible.
Warning
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