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An Open Source Desktop YouTube Player For Privacy-minded People
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You already know that we need a Google account to subscribe channels and download videos from YouTube. If you don’t want Google track what you’re doing on YouTube, well, there is an open source YouTube player named **“FreeTube”**. It allows you to watch, search and download Youtube videos and subscribe your favorite channels without an account, which prevents Google from having your information. It gives you complete ad-free experience. Another notable advantage is it has a built-in basic HTML5 player to watch videos. Since we’re not using the built-in YouTube player, Google can’t track the “views” and the video analytics either. FreeTube only sends your IP details, but this also can be overcome by using a VPN. It is completely free, open source and available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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### Features
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* Watch videos without ads.
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* Prevent Google from tracking what you watch using cookies or JavaScript.
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* Subscribe to channels without an account.
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* Store subscriptions, history, and saved videos locally.
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* Import / Backup subscriptions.
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* Mini Player.
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* Light / Dark Theme.
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* Free, Open Source.
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* Cross-platform.
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### Installing FreeTube
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Go to the [**releases page**][1] and grab the version depending upon the OS you use. For the purpose of this guide, I will be using **.tar.gz** file.
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$ wget https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases/download/v0.1.3-beta/FreeTube-linux-x64.tar.xz
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```
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Extract the downloaded archive:
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$ tar xf FreeTube-linux-x64.tar.xz
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```
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Go to the Freetube folder:
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```
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$ cd FreeTube-linux-x64/
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```
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Launch Freeube using command:
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```
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$ ./FreeTub
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```
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This is how FreeTube default interface looks like.
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### Usage
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FreeTube currently uses **YouTube API** to search for videos. And then, It uses **Youtube-dl HTTP API** to grab the raw video files and play them in a basic HTML5 video player. Since subscriptions, history, and saved videos are stored locally on your system, your details will not be sent to Google or anyone else.
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Enter the video name in the search box and hit ENTER key. FreeTube will list out the results based on your search query.
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You can click on any video to play it.
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If you want to change the theme or default API, import/export subscriptions, go to the **Settings** section.
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Please note that FreeTube is still in **beta** stage, so there will be bugs. If there are any bugs, please report them in the GitHub page given at the end of this guide.
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Cheers!
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via: https://www.ostechnix.com/freetube-an-open-source-desktop-youtube-player-for-privacy-minded-people/
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作者：[SK][a]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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[a]:https://www.ostechnix.com/author/sk/
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[1]:https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/releases
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[2]:data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
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[3]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FreeTube-1.png
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[4]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FreeTube-3.png
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[5]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FreeTube-5-1.png
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[6]:http://www.ostechnix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FreeTube-2.png
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