Is MA Youpipe safe?

A Material-3 based alternative to NewPipe using the same extractor Features: - Ad-free YouTube video watching - Automatically updating subscription feed - Watch history & resume - Background (or Picture-in-Picture) playback

Developer: Vayun Mathur
Category: Online Media Player
First release: 27 Aug 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.vayunmathur.youpipe

Latest APK SHA-256370e7109c39a5438e2b1824fdb4d16afadfb45591558652d48231038edd41c72

Signing certificate17:6F:CB:25:25:57:3E:5B:E8:E1:CB:3A:49:6D:D9:7B:13:7E:81:CA:5B:88:7A:1D:32:CB:89:4B:4E:57:17:B4

MIN ANDROID31TARGET37ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a

03 / History

Project timeline

27 Aug 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

v2.6.827 Aug 202631+arm64-v8a→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK com.vayunmathur.cast.permission.STREAM_CONTENT com.vayunmathur.youpipe.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗