A list of alternatives after the shutdown of Vanced

youtube-vanced-alternatives.md

NONE OF THESE CLIENTS ARE VERIFIED BY ME FOR SECURITY OR ANYTHING ELSE! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

These are the current alternatives (with links when possible):

• NewPipe (which you should have either way for youtube-dl/yt-dlp integration)
• NewPipe fork by polymorphicshade, which includes SponsorBlock support.
• LibreTube (still in early beta)
• A web browser with uBlock Origin (or another ad-blocker; Enhancer for YouTube has one build-in, but uBlock is universal and more powerfull, in addition to allowing to also remove non-advertisement parts of the website, like the top shelf with recommended tags / search querries), Enhancer for YouTube, SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike. These all work on both desktop Firefox and Chrome, but on mobile, you'll need to install an add-on compatible fork (source code alteration) of them, like IceRaven for Firefox or KiwiBrowser, then install the addons from their respective adddon store. Depending on the browser, you'll additionally need to install a user script for background playber. Alternatively, the Brave browser supports background playback OOTB (needs to be enabled; see coment by @dmdotin) and a build in ad-blocker, but no extension / add-on support.
• YouTube Pink (I have no legit link yet)
• YouTube++ (iOS) (I have no legit link yet)
• uYouPlus (iOS), a modded version of the official iOS app (arguably the most feature-complete alternative to Vanced).
• SkyTube
• MusicPiped (F-Droid; YT Music alt.)
• A stand-alone ad-blocker like AdAway (requires root to work fully, but a no-root DNS mode is also available), but this will only work
• VueTube, a very new client.
• SmartTubeNext, an ad-free YouTube TV client (Android TV only).
• SongTube, a YT client for music.
• YMusic, a small and simple YT music client with low data consumption.
• PureTuber, appears to be a fully featured alternative to the official app. I have not tested not installed this one, because it appears extremely sketchy to me, their FAQ contains lots of red flags (in my opinion). DO NOT USE PURETUBER, several people have warned about it! It remains here to prevent others from trying it because they were looking for more alternatives.
• Invidious, an alternative, self-hosted YouTube front-end.
• DVD, an Android front-end for yt-dlp (an extremely powerful downloader with support for hundreds of sites).
• Yattee, a client for various Apple devices

There are several more, web-based front ends, like Piped or VueTube, but I don't really consider those to be Vanced alternatives. You can check the comments for them.

If you want to save videos offline using scripting, you can use yt-dlp running in Termux (run pkg install -y python; python -m pip install yt-dlp to install it).

Also, there's xManager-Spotify for... Spotify, as a replacement for Vanced Music. I would advise you to not use this with a premium account though, since ad blockers are a TOS violation and can get your account suspended. That won't really matter in practice if you just use throw-away accounts though (I'm not a lawyer, so don't quote me on that).

As for what I think are the best ones: Either NewPipe (has some nice features like support for other platforms like SoundCloud and a complete downloader) or the Web version with add-ons (which will give you the most complete experience, including login).

Some things that may or may not work are most popular video players, but they won't allow discovery (except for possibly Kodi)

Finally a pro-tip: If you want to download videos from any YT app, you can install NewPipe and share the link to the video to it from the share-menu. Then you can select to always download when sharing to NewPipe.

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I use Pure Tuber but with ads after exit playback, to without ads, exchange SVIP from points to remove ads; but need this account to save points.
This app is illegal to use.

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Can someone explain how does all of these youtube clients work? Is there any reference project that's open sourced? All i want to do it to make my own youtube client(mobile app) with some AI integrations. cc: @geekeie

Can someone explain how does all of these youtube clients work? Is there any reference project that's open sourced? All i want to do it to make my own youtube client(mobile app) with some AI integrations. cc: @geekeie

I don't know about the making your own client with AI or how that would even work, but just use Revanced.
It's literally the only good option if you want an actual Youtube experience with tweaks/hacks.

Not sure why it isn't listed here other than maybe this isn't really updated anymore.

I looked into it but not able to understand it, it's saying it can add patches, but what i want is custom theming and control at the code level

I looked into it but not able to understand it, it's saying it can add patches, but what i want is custom theming and control at the code level

Well I can't speak to the code level control but Revanced has custom theming.
It's actually very simple.

1. Download Revanced Manager
2. Launch it and it tells you the recommended Youtube version.
3. Download recommended Youtube version APK.
4. Use Revanced Manager: select the patches (i.e. hacks such as no ads, custom theme, etc) and apply them to the APK.
5. After the patches have been applied to APK, click Install.
6. Go into the newly patched Youtube app > Settings > Revanced Settings > and choose from a myriad of custom hacks/mods.

Anything from no ads, custom hold and drag controls, custom flyout menus, hide shorts, hide various buttons, Sponsorblock, etc.