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EchoTube
Fast, private Open Source YouTube client
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Fast, private Open Source YouTube client
66 followers
EchoTube is an open-source Android YouTube client built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, offering fast search, clean playback, and a fully on-device recommendation engine. It runs ad-free, requires no account, and keeps all data local, giving users full control, privacy, and a modern viewing experience.
EchoTube
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I’m Aditya, the developer behind EchoTube.
EchoTube is an open-source Android YouTube client built to feel fast, clean, and fully private. I started working on it because most video apps today are bloated, ad-heavy, and rely heavily on opaque server-side algorithms. I wanted something that gives a great experience without tracking users or locking them into an account.
The core idea is simple: everything should run on your device. EchoTube uses a fully local recommendation system that learns from your watch patterns - like watch time, skips, likes, and searches - without sending any data to a server.
Key highlights:
• Fast, lightweight UI built with Kotlin + Jetpack Compose
• Clean playback with features like PiP, background play, and casting
• Smart on-device recommendations (no telemetry, no account)
• Ad-free experience with tools like SponsorBlock and DeArrow
• Full control over your data - everything stays local
This is v1.0, so there’s still a lot to improve. I’m actively building and would genuinely value your feedback - features, bugs, or even criticism.
If you care about privacy or just want a simpler YouTube experience, I’d love for you to try it and tell me what you think
Open source YouTube client with privacy focus — does EchoTube route requests through a proxy to avoid YouTube tracking the client IP, or is the privacy mainly around avoiding in-app analytics and ads? Wondering how it handles the YouTube login/auth flow.
EchoTube
Hey! @jimmypk To be honest - EchoTube doesn't route traffic through a proxy, so YouTube can still see your IP. For that level of anonymity you'd need a VPN on your end.
The privacy focus is more about: no account needed, no ads, no tracking SDKs, and all your watch history and recommendations stay on your device and never leave it.
For login, it works fine without a Google account. If you do sign in, it uses Google's standard OAuth — the app never sees your credentials.
One thing worth knowing: the app uses Firebase for crash reports and basic analytics to help fix bugs. It's not used for ads or profiling, just keeping the app stable.
Happy to consider a proxy/Invidious backend as a future feature!
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How is it different than revanced or morphe .software? Also, wondering how you can keep it legal with Youtube?
Great that there are more options to use Youtube without ads in general!
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"It runs ad-free, requires no account, and keeps all data local, giving users full control." – This is the strongest competitor of YouTube!
EchoTube
@busmark_w_nika Thank you so much! That means a lot 🙌
The goal has always been to give users a clean, private experience without compromise. Still a lot more to build - stay tuned!
It's great that there are no ads. Are you considering releasing an Apple OS version in the future?