iSponsorBlockTV
Block and skip sponsors, while also muting and skipping ads on YouTube.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 10 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.11.0 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
iSponsorBlockTV quick facts
- Health score
- 72/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 6,583
- Last commit
- 10 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.11.0, Aug 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "iSponsorBlockTV is a self-hosted application that connects to your YouTube TV app (see compatibility below) and automatically skips segments (like Sponsors or intros) in YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API. It can also auto mute and press the "Skip Ad" button the moment it becomes available on YouTube ads."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
iSponsorBlockTV scores 72/100, #45 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 10 commits in the last 90 days earn 11.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.11.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,583 stars add 15.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 23.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 11.7 / 35
10 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.11.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars 15.3 / 20
6.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 10
- Last 90 days
- 127
- Last 12 months
- 10 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #45 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Digiflashcards (#44) and LanguageTool (#46) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | v2.11.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 6,583 |
| Open issues | 53 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV ↗ |
iSponsorBlockTV vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with iSponsorBlockTV (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| iSponsorBlockTV (this tool) | 72 | 6.6k | GPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
| Digiview | 71 | 3 | AGPL-3.0 | 15 days ago |
iSponsorBlockTV: common questions
Is iSponsorBlockTV still maintained?
iSponsorBlockTV had 10 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 10 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.11.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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