{"id":37535,"date":"2022-02-21T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=37535"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:50:40","slug":"sf-tube-stylish-youtube-app-downloading-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/sf-tube-stylish-youtube-app-downloading-support\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Tube &#8211; A Stylish YouTube App with Downloading Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sftube-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are quite a few YouTube apps for Linux today. SF Tube is a new one that has an elegant user interface with easy to use download options.<\/p>\n<p>SF Tube, formerly FluTube, is a free libre and open-source app made using <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flutter_(software)\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s flutter<\/a>. So far, it provides packages for Linux, Android, and Windows.<\/p>\n<p>The app provides a beautiful user interface with Home, Like, Downloads, and Settings tabs. A &#8216;<b>search<\/b>&#8216; button is available in top-right corner, allows to search in YouTube. And, the results are displayed along with download buttons. <\/p>\n<p>By clicking on download, it pop-up a dialog allows to choose download &#8216;<i>Video + Audio<\/i>&#8216;, &#8216;<i>Audio only<\/i>&#8216;, or &#8216;<i>Video only<\/i>&#8216; with quality options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-37539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload-600x347.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-searchdownload.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the &#8216;\u2913&#8217; tab, it shows history downloads as well as current downloading process if any. As well, each video\/audio has a delete button in the right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-37538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-download-page.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In any page clicking on a video will open the detail page with descriptions, comments, as well as share, like, download buttons. Sadly, the <b>video playback is not implemented<\/b> at the moment of writing though the developer is now working on it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37537\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37537\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark-600x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"347\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark-600x347.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flutube-dark.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF Tube Dark Mode<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other features of SF Tube include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Download via YouTube url<\/b> via &#8216;+&#8217; button.<\/li>\n<li><b>Dark \/ Light mode<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lightweight and fast<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>No Login<\/b> Required.<\/li>\n<li><b>Playlists<\/b> support.<\/li>\n<li><b>Ads free<\/b> forever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Install SF Tube in Ubuntu &#038; other Linux:<\/h3>\n<p>The app provides packages in the Github releases page under &#8216;Assets&#8217; section:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/prateekmedia\/sftube\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download SF Tube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Linux user may choose the non-install <b>.Appimage<\/b> package. Add executable permission via file&#8217;s &#8216;Properties&#8217; dialog, and finally click run it to launch the app.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ubuntu<\/b>, <b>Debian<\/b> and <b>Linux Mint<\/b> based systems may just download the &#8216;<b>.deb<\/b>&#8216; package and double-click on file to install the app.<\/p>\n<p>As well, a Linux tarball is available. Grab and then extract the package, then user may run the executable from extracted folder to launch the YouTube app.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are quite a few YouTube apps for Linux today. SF Tube is a new one that has an elegant user interface with easy to use download options. SF Tube, formerly FluTube, is a free libre and open-source app made using Google&#8217;s flutter. So far, it provides packages for Linux, Android, and Windows. 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