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SmartTube for phones, unofficial: an open-source YouTube client for Android. Background play, PiP, SponsorBlock, DeArrow, save for offline, code sign-in.

📺 A simple iOS video player by Vein.

Material 3-focused independent fork of NewPipe for Android, with dynamic themes, visual polish, signed releases, and preserved NewPipe behavior.

A sample audio app for Flutter

🎶 A Cordova plugin for Android and iOS with native support for audio playlists, background support, and lock screen controls 🎶

a music app that lets you to play ad-free tunes from different sources

Open-source Android utility for background playback and system control, supporting Accessibility, Shizuku, Dhizuku, Root, LSPosed, and LSPatch.

YouTube linux desktop client

iOS Podcasts app clone

Free, ad-free YouTube client for Android phones, tablets and Android TV / Fire TV, built with Flutter. Background play, picture-in-picture, downloads, SponsorBlock, dislike counts, and casting to Chromecast and DLNA TVs. No sign-in needed.

A Firefox extension that prevents videos from pausing on YouTube, YouTube Music, and Vimeo when switching apps, tabs, or locking the screen. Also automatically handles "Continue watching?" and similar inactivity dialogs on YouTube and YouTube Music. Designed to work on Firefox for Android and Firefox Desktop.

Phantom Tube (PhantomTube APK) — Official lightweight, ad-free YouTube video & background music client for Android

A focused YouTube player for the Omarchy bar with an anchored top-right popup, PiP, and audio-only playback

Free, ad-free YouTube Music client for Android, built with Flutter. Background play, offline downloads, synced lyrics, gapless playback, HD music videos, Android Auto, and casting to Chromecast and DLNA TVs. No sign-in needed.

React Native music player app using the JioSaavn API with search, streaming, queue management, and background playback.

Best Material You Design music player for Android

A simple React native youtube background player

Open-source Android podcast auto-archiver — subscribe to RSS feeds and auto-download new episodes in the background. Built-in player, quality control, OPML. No ads, no tracking.

Raj Music – Modern, theme‑rich music app with dynamic day/night backgrounds, voice search, and online/offline playback.

Professional Flutter video player plugin with native platform implementations. Supports HLS/DASH streaming, playlists, subtitles, PiP, background playback across iOS, Android, macOS, and Web.