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Package: freetube
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Manuel Guerra <[email protected]>
Package name : freetube
Version : 0.23.5
Upstream Author : The FreeTube Team <[email protected]>
URL : https://freetubeapp.io/
License : AGPL-3.0
Programming Lang : Javascript, Vue, CSS, SCSS, EJS
Description : An Open Source YouTube app for privacy
FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy
in mind.
Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking
you with
their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows (10 and later),
Mac (macOS
10.15 and later) & Linux thanks to Electron.
.
You do not need a Google account and traffic can be routed through
TOR socks in
order to prevent YouTube to know your IP.
.
Sponsorblock can be enabled and has a loot of distraction free UI
settings,
like hide upcoming videos / live / like etc.
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Package: freetube
Version: 0.23.5
Followup-For: Bug #1104804
Dear contributors,
After a thorough analysis of the freetube program, I have
determined that it is
currently not possible to package it for Debian, the main reasons
being:
FreeTube is a privacy-focused YouTube client built using Electron,
a framework
that combines Chromium (for rendering web content) and Node.js (for
system
integration). Despite its utility, packaging FreeTube for Debian
faces insurmountable
technical and policy challenges.
Debian lacks an electron package in main due to licensing and
maintenance burdens.
FreeTube would need to:
- Support a non-Electron backend (e.g., pure WebExtensions).
- Remove hard Chromium dependencies.
Regards,
Manuel Guerra
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