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24 alternatives to Float Tube

great tube player to watch youtube video in floating mode.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Float Tube launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    Simple Mac app for floating a YouTube video on your screen

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    BigTube▲135

    Makes watching programming tutorials more fun

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Always on top Floating Mini Player for YouTube™.

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Floaty▲85

    Watch YouTube while you work simply

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5TM

    2018 · tube.quinzel.tech · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    A YouTube Player that Floats

    2025 · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    Tube▲143

    A minimalist and distraction-free YouTube 🎬

    2018 · its alternatives →

  8. 8WT
  9. 9
    SafeTube▲112

    A safe and focused video player for YouTube and Vimeo

    2023 · astrosafe.co · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Watch YouTube in picture-in-picture on iPad

    2016 · cornertube.tinywhale.net · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Watch YouTube while you browse the web.

    2015 · sideplayer.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Makes YouTube into great music streaming service (chrome)

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13
    TubeMiner▲102

    Explore the unseen, from YouTube!

    2019 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    A small tool software that can float other full-screen app

    2024 · duckfloat.ruyicode.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Generate a YouTube playlist from your opened tabs.

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Mac menubar browser with tabs

    2024 · beauty-of-pixel.tech · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Play youtube videos in background and in popup

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18
    Tubenab▲108

    Discover and convert YouTube videos to MP3 & MP4

    2016 · its alternatives →

  19. 19TS
  20. 20
    YTMP▲104

    Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads

    2021 · ytmp.itsvg.in · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    All-in-one platform for YouTube success

    2022 · rudiq.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    Personal YouTube tags to recall videos faster, any language.

    2021 · its alternatives →

  23. 23
    Tube▲5

    A simple way to search and watch Youtube videos

    2017 · its alternatives →

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