Is SkyTube safe?

SkyTube is a YouTube player that allows you to: play YouTube videos download videos browse YouTube channels search videos, music and channels watch channels' playlists view video comments video swipe controls (volume, brightness, comments and description) bookmark videos import subscriptions from YouTube channel subscription with non-intrusive notifications subscriptions feed view and download vi…

Developer: rm
Category: Internet
First release: 27 May 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDfree.rm.skytube.oss

Latest APK SHA-256fd68f3689b53e56bdf967cfb6d5876fa35049ae3483303a2acad6ce7cfdd77be

Signing certificate43:5A:DF:83:D6:0F:F5:A9:CC:DC:AB:99:71:86:5D:CA:86:F5:08:6F:61:5E:83:36:9A:A6:BB:CE:26:F5:A8:30

MIN ANDROID19TARGET28ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

27 May 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.99927 May 202619+→

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

Permissions5 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNonFreeNet

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE free.rm.skytube.oss.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↗