Tube
Youtube-like (_without censorship and features you don't need!_) video sharing app written in Go which also supports automatic transcoding to MP4 H.265 AAC, multiple collections and RSS feed.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push May 2026.
Comparisons in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: YouTube alternatives, Netflix alternatives, Twitch alternatives, Vimeo alternatives.
At a glance
Tube quick facts
- Health score
- 13/100 STALE
- Stars
- 6
- Last commit
- 5 months ago (May 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.2.0, Jan 2023
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Tube
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Tube scores 13/100, #14 of 19 in Media Streaming - Video Streaming: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.2.0, 3.8 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 6 stars add 3.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the git.mills.io API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
1.2.0 released 3.8 years ago
- Stars 3.4 / 20
6 stars on git.mills.io (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Last 12 months
- 5 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 19 tools in Media Streaming - Video Streaming by health , between SyncTube (#13) and Channels DVR Server (#15) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | 1.2.0 · 3.8 years ago |
| Stars | 6 |
| Open issues | 20 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | git.mills.io/prologic/tube ↗ |
Tube vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Tube (Media Streaming - Video Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invidious | 98 | 26k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Tube Archivist | 96 | 8.6k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| MediaCMS | 90 | 5.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Tiramisu | 89 | 151 | GPL-2.0 | 13 days ago |
| Restreamer | 35 | 5.2k | Apache-2.0 | 5 months ago |
| Tube (this tool) | 13 | 6 | MIT | 5 months ago |
Tube: common questions
Is Tube still maintained?
Tube had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 months ago; the latest tagged release, 1.2.0, is from 3.8 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.