🆕 Software Suggestion | FreeTube #2078
Labels
No Label
🔍🤖 Search Engines
approved
dependencies
duplicate
feedback wanted
high priority
I2P
iOS
low priority
OS
Self-contained networks
Social media
stale
streaming
todo
Tor
WIP
wontfix
XMPP
[m]
₿ cryptocurrency
ℹ️ help wanted
↔️ file sharing
⚙️ web extensions
✨ enhancement
❌ software removal
💬 discussion
🤖 Android
🐛 bug
💢 conflicting
📝 correction
🆘 critical
📧 email
🔒 file encryption
📁 file storage
🦊 Firefox
💻 hardware
🌐 hosting
🏠 housekeeping
🔐 password managers
🧰 productivity tools
🔎 research required
🌐 Social News Aggregators
🆕 software suggestion
👥 team chat
🔒 VPN
🌐 website issue
🚫 Windows
👁️ browsers
🖊️ digital notebooks
🗄️ DNS
🗨️ instant messaging (im)
🇦🇶 translations
No Milestone
No Assignees
1 Participants
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies
No dependencies set.
Reference: privacyguides/privacytools.io#2078
Loading…
Reference in New Issue
No description provided.
Delete Branch "%!s(<nil>)"
Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?
Basic Information
Name: FreeTube
Category: Video Platforms - Frontends and Proxies?
URL: https://freetubeapp.io/
Description
From the website:
Why I am making the suggestion
Invidious is not a stable alternative to YouTube anymore. Several instances are completely broken/unreliable, some are limited to 720p without an account, and certain instances have got slower to the point that it's not possible to watch a video in HD without buffering (e.g. https://invidious.snopyta.org/ for me). In contrast, the new release of FreeTube (version 0.8.0 Beta) has been significantly more stable than previous versions, and I can play videos in HD without any buffering. It's also feature rich and still in development.
The software is free and open source, there are releases for Windows, macOS, and Linux distros, and the developer seems like a great guy who puts a lot of effort into maintaining the software. My only gripe is the lack of stability in previous versions, but I believe that was partly due to the reliance on Invidious. The stability has definitely improved in the new version, and it will hopefully stay far more operational than Invidious.
My connection with the software
I am a user of the new FreeTube release (version 0.8.0 Beta).
Although I really like the idea of FreeTube, saying that Invidious alternatives are unstable in comparison with FT is kind of a joke, the application is a mess, it crashes, sometimes it won't let you watch videos, one time it froze my entire PC, which is odd, because NewPipe works great.
Have you tried the newest version? As I mentioned, previous versions lacked stability, but this new version seems to be a lot better. Version 0.8.0 Beta is a complete rewrite, so I suggest you give the software another chance. Furthermore, there's now another person working on development alongside Preston.
I think it's important to realise that Invidious could completely break one day and nobody will fix it because it's written in Crystal, which is not a popular language. At least FreeTube is being maintained, which means even if there are bugs, they'll eventually get looked into.
Yeah, sorry, I thought it was the same version I was running. I've been trying it today and yesterday, and it has some major improvements, it is still a bit buggy, but nothing compared to what it was. Seeing it now, I think it totally deserves to be listed.
This is can be included in the worth mentioning section considering it still in development, and a bit buggy.
The main bug I've experienced is with the search, but that issue seems to be with another library he's using - Search isn't working for either API. I've also experienced an issue where loading comments temporarily freezes the window, and the video position for certain videos isn't remembered. Some of these things are due to be fixed.
It's still a lot better than Invidious where the search is completely broken (e.g. the snopyta instance), and most instances don't have 1080p. I agree that it should go in the worth mentioning section.
I've encountered a bug where the previous videos I was watching started to sound if I reproduce the current video using my space bar, but not if I click on the play button, and also subtitles wreckage. Still it works far better than Invidious where you have to change of instance every 15 minutes to watch anything.
I dont agree, and think it should be placed next to Invidious and heres why.
However, just like all software and site requests, they are normally looked at for their longevity and ability to perform. I have been using FreeTube since around the announcement the Invidious main instance was going to shut down and, although its had its issues, a lot of those were due to the Invidious API. A local API was written to curtail this and has the option to choose it (with a fallback to the Invidious API if it failes) or choose Invidious still, and has worked pretty well since that was implemented.
I highly recommend it up there with Invidious, if not even before it (based on my previous points).
Also, I do not contribute nor am I affiliated with FreeTube, just a happy user.
It would always help us to if all bugs that are not already reported, could be reported via an issue on our repository.
This is just the nature of all privacy friendly YouTube clients. If YouTube changes something small about their naming conventions, one new HTML element in their webpage, it can break a range of modules used by these projects. That's why it is important to get reports of major problems quickly at the respective repositories, so that the maintainers or contributors can fix it.
I've also found this alternative to Invidious, which I haven't tried thoroughly, but it seems to work quite better than its sibling. I know this probably should go into another issue, but since the discussion seems to be more in the aspect of what should be considered okay in order to be listed, I figured I'll comment about it.
https://sr.ht/~cadence/tube/
https://tube.cadence.moe/
Yes, I know, I've been postponing this, excuse me. I'll try to do it today
It's also using the invidio.us api.
SEE: https://safe.succmy.wang/j56ohfi4.png
@GilgusMaximus The reason I didn't report these issues was because there were already reports open. I understand that these types of issues will always occur from time to time due to YouTube changes.
I think @wylel makes a strong case for FreeTube to be listed next to Invidious. We probably need to start opening separate issues for non-FreeTube discussion, but Yotter is looking like it might be a decent Invidious replacement as well.
Ah okay, I didn't remember this issue to be open. But could be that I missed it in the mass of all the issue coming in daily. Thanks anyways :)
Hi, just posting a support comment for the addition of Freetube on the website, maybe while specifying that the software is in beta but it could allow a flow a new user and more reporting of issues that could lead to enhancement of the software.
+1 for adding Freetube. Its really improved over the past months. Way more stable, pleasent viewing experience and a ton of great features wouldn't even call it a beta anymore.
I agree. I haven't really experienced any problems in the last few months. It's also being maintained very well, with consistent updates. It offers a much better experience than any of the Invidious instances.