meetube

Introduction: MeeTube: a modern YouTube client for Android phones and TVs with an aesthetic liquid glass UI.

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MeeTube

YouTube, reimagined. Different by design. Smooth by nature.

No ads. No interruptions. Just a gorgeous liquid glass interface, synced lyrics, background playback, and one-tap downloads.

A fresh way to experience YouTube.

MeeTube in seven cards: Watch (no ads, real dislikes), Synced lyrics (every line, right on time), Home (videos play as you scroll), Channels (posts, Shorts and live chat), YouTube mode (the look you know), Equalizer (tune how it sounds) and Offline (4K, smart and auto downloads)

Home, the top video playing as you scroll The compact watch page Synced lyrics under the video YouTube mode: a flat bottom bar and text tabs

⬇ Download the latest MeeTube

📺 On a TV? Get MeeTube TV

[!IMPORTANT] MeeTube is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to YouTube or Google in any way. Use it at your own discretion.

		Liquid glass, or YouTube mode Frosted glass on the tab bar, the player and Shorts, lit by a glow that follows your tab. Videos on Home start playing as you scroll. Prefer the familiar look? YouTube mode docks a flat bar at the bottom and puts Search up top.
		A player that shows more The compact watch page puts the actions beside Subscribe and the top comments right under the video. A Most replayed graph rises over the seek bar, and seeking shows the real frame.
		Synced lyrics and an equalizer Music videos get live, line-by-line lyrics from the provider you pick. The equalizer sits in the player menu, with presets or your own bands applied live, original audio and volume up to 200%.
		Channels, posts and live chat Channel pages with the banner, Subscribe and every tab. Like and reply to community posts. On a live stream, live chat sits under the video, or beside it in fullscreen, and you can chat as any of your accounts.
		Search and Subscriptions YouTube's one-tap chips for Videos, Shorts, Live and Recently uploaded, plus the full filter dialog. Your channels in a row on top of Subscriptions.
	Downloads in 4K, smart and automatic Save videos up to 4K in any folder you pick. Smart downloads remember your quality, so one tap saves. Turn on auto download and new uploads from the channels and playlists you choose download on their own.

And some more features I didn't forget (forgot many features to list :))


🚫 No ads, no sponsors	Ads are gone, and SponsorBlock skips sponsors, intros and "like and subscribe" reminders.
👎 Dislikes are back	Return YouTube Dislike shows the real count, and DeArrow swaps clickbait titles and thumbnails.
🎧 Background play	Lock the screen or switch apps and it keeps playing, with picture-in-picture for videos and Shorts.
📱 Shorts done right	A clean full-screen player with glass like, comment and share buttons.
🎨 Make it yours	Theme, light or dark, app icon, glass, Home layout, tabs and the video menu, all on one page.
🌏 Speaks your language	English, Español, Polski, Português (Brasil), Română, Русский, 简体中文, 繁體中文 and العربية. Help translate.
🔐 Your account	Sign in with a code, or use it without an account. Cast to your TV.

Download

Get the APK for your phone from Releases:

Your device	File
Most phones (64-bit)	`MeeTube_<version>_arm64-v8a.apk`
Older phones (32-bit)	`MeeTube_<version>_armeabi-v7a.apk`
Not sure	`MeeTube_<version>_universal.apk`

Android 7.0 or later.

Every release is built and signed in public by GitHub Actions from this repository's source, so you can see exactly how each APK was made.

MeeTube TV

MeeTube's glass design on Android TV and Google TV, tuned its own way. It installs as its own app and updates itself.

Glass Home. A frosted sidebar with a focus pill that glides between MeeTube's icons.
Glass player. One frosted panel at the bottom: a seek bar with a glowing knob, and every button in a single row.
Search that glows. The screen's edges light up when Search opens, and your words glow as you type.

📺 Get MeeTube TV for your Android TV

Downloads, the changelog and the code all live in meetube-tv. Get the newest APK from its latest release, and report TV bugs in its issues.

Build

./gradlew :mobile:assembleStmobileDebug     # debug, for testing
./gradlew :mobile:assembleStmobileRelease   # release, signed with keystore.properties if present
# APKs: mobile/build/outputs/renamed_apks/stmobile<Type>/MeeTube_<version>_<abi>.apk

Releases are made by pushing a vX.Y.Z tag: release.yml builds the signed APKs and publishes the GitHub release with its changelog. The glass is mobile/src/stmobile/java/com/newtube/mobile/ui/common/GlassView.java; the README showcase comes from python tools/render_showcase.py. Clone with --recurse-submodules. The backend lives in the MediaServiceCore and SharedModules submodules (MeeTube's own forks). Add -PemulatorAbi to run on an x86_64 emulator. Developer notes are in CLAUDE.md.