reisxd/TizenTube

Productivity & Utilities

Adds ad blocking, SponsorBlock and title de-clickbaiting to YouTube viewing on Samsung Tizen TVs.

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TizenTube is a TizenBrew module, now also packaged as a standalone app, that modifies the viewing experience of a streaming website on Samsung Tizen TVs. Its stated focus is removing ads and adding SponsorBlock support, plus a handful of smaller playback and presentation tweaks. It targets people who watch the site on a Tizen TV and want a less interrupted stream, not developers building on the platform.

The main caveats are where and how it runs. It is tied to Tizen TVs and installed through the project's own guide, so the installation path is TV-specific rather than a general app store download. The ad blocker and SponsorBlock are described at feature level only, so the README does not document exactly how they intercept requests or which ad formats they cover. DeArrow support changes titles and thumbnails, which is a deliberate modification of what the streaming site displays, and Picture-in-Picture and speed control are interface features whose availability may depend on the TV and the site's player.

The project is GPL-3.0 licensed, which matters if you intend to redistribute or modify it. A separate sibling project, TizenTube Cobalt, targets Android TVs and is distributed through its own release page Android TV variant. That is a distinct product, not a requirement for TizenTube itself.

HotRepo's stored coverage includes one weekly-board observation on 2026-10-29, when the repository placed best #11 on the JavaScript weekly board with +71 for that week. With only a single recorded date, that does not show whether interest is rising or fading.

Written by AI from the project's README, updated October 29, 2026. The project's own docs are the source of truth.