TubeHaus

🎬 TubeHaus — A Private, Ad-Free YouTube Experience

TubeHaus is an open-source YouTube client designed for Android phones, Android TV, Google TV, and other supported platforms. It offers a familiar YouTube-style interface while focusing on privacy, convenience, and control over your personal video library.

Use the app directly without setting up a server, or connect it to your own self-hosted TubeHaus server to synchronize subscriptions, playlists, and watch history across your devices. No Google account is required for the basic viewing experience, and the app does not add its own tracking scripts or advertisements.

📺 TV and Mobile Experience

- A familiar YouTube-inspired home screen with video cards, channels, and content categories. - TV-friendly navigation designed for remote controls, including directional arrows, OK, and Back. - A responsive interface for Android phones and larger TV screens. - Consistent browsing and playback experience across supported devices.

🔎 Discover Videos and Channels

Browse and explore YouTube content through:

- Home feed and video recommendations. - Search, channels, and playlists. - Subscriptions and viewing history. - Trending content and topic-based categories. - Shorts and other supported video formats.

▶️ Video Playback

Enjoy a feature-rich player with useful viewing controls:

- Video quality and playback-speed selection. - Captions and subtitle support. - Chapters and preview thumbnails when supported. - Playback progress and resume positions. - Mini-player and background playback on supported platforms. - Media controls for compatible Bluetooth and lock-screen interfaces.

🔒 Privacy and Account Independence

TubeHaus is designed to reduce dependence on Google accounts and unnecessary tracking:

- Watch videos without signing in to a Google account. - No advertisements or tracking scripts added by the application. - Keep subscriptions, playlists, and history in your local library. - Export your personal library data in supported formats.

🏠 Personal Server and Shared Library

For users who want a synchronized experience, TubeHaus can connect to a self-hosted server:

- Share subscriptions, playlists, and watch history across devices. - Continue watching on another device from your saved position. - Keep a shared household library or separate libraries for different users. - Use the server-based web experience from compatible browsers.

The standalone app and server modes have different privacy and networking architectures. In standalone mode, the app communicates with YouTube directly; server mode routes requests through your own server.

📺 Additional TV Features

The TubeHaus ecosystem also offers a TV-oriented browser experience, remote navigation, and Send to TV functionality when using the compatible server setup. These server features are separate from the standalone Android app.

📱 System Requirements

- Android 8.0 or later. - Android TV and Google TV devices are supported. - A compatible internet connection is required for online video playback.

📄 License

TubeHaus is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 (AGPL-3.0). This strong copyleft license allows use, modification, and redistribution under its terms. It also requires source-code availability for users interacting with modified versions over a network.

⚠️ Disclaimer

TubeHaus is an independent third-party YouTube client and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to YouTube or Google. Video availability and functionality may change due to external service updates, regional restrictions, or platform compatibility.

Your videos, your devices, your private library.