Case study

NewPipe: an Android front end for YouTube and PeerTube

NewPipe is an Android front end for YouTube, YouTube Music and PeerTube. It gets service data from public APIs where available and otherwise parses websites or uses internal APIs to search and play streams.

Targets: App · Website
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-22

Stars: 40.5k
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: Java
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Android app distributed through F-Droid and GitHub releases. The supported services listed in the README include YouTube, YouTube Music and PeerTube instances.
The app obtains service data through official APIs where available and otherwise parses websites or uses internal APIs.
License: GPL-3.0; streaming services retain their own terms.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{newpipe-streaming-client-case,
  title = {{NewPipe: an Android front end for YouTube and PeerTube}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe}},
  url = {https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe},
  urldate = {2026-10-22},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/newpipe-streaming-client-case/}}
}

Plain text

NewPipe: an Android front end for YouTube and PeerTube. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe (accessed 2026-10-22). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/newpipe-streaming-client-case/

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README.md GitHub · TeamNewPipe/NewPipe · Revision d7d6f25
LICENSE GitHub · TeamNewPipe/NewPipe · Revision d7d6f25