# Freetube

> Automatically open YouTube videos in Freetube.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/freetube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/freetube)

## Overview

- **ID:** `freetube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** gxvwb
- **Category:** privacy-security,photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 54
- **Weekly downloads:** 17
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.9
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-21
- **First published:** 2025-11-16
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/freetube/)

## Description

<strong>Freetube</strong> is a Firefox Add-on to redirect all YouTube video links to use your local installation of the <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/d465501405ce09b12d22446e6615c4a585d14d1b8827f4e80916f378d503b0ca/https%3A//github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube" rel="nofollow">Freetube</a> app. This Add-on has no affiliation with Freetube.

## Rankings

- #15,502 — Overall
- #90 — free vpn
- #224 — meet

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `contextMenus`
- `tabs`
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://youtu.be/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`
- `youtu.be`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/freetube)