Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    6.0k

    iSponsorBlockTV: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    Block and skip sponsors, while also muting and skipping ads on YouTube.

    TL;DR • iSponsorBlockTV • as of August 2026

    iSponsorBlockTV is an open-source miscellaneous project, with 6.0k GitHub stars and a health score of 74/100. It committed 145 times in the last twelve months across 9 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: GPL-3.0. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.

    6.0k
    GitHub stars
    74/100
    Health score
    145
    Commits (12 mo)
    9/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-08-09
    Days since last commit 8
    Commits, last 3 months 42
    Commits, last 12 months 145
    Months with activity 9 of 12
    Last release 2026-07-13
    Archived No
    Licence GPL-3.0
    Category Miscellaneous

    Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.

    What the licence lets you do

    GPL-3.0

    Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.

    What iSponsorBlockTV means for your idea

    Crowded · 81/100
    Miscellaneous category →

    iSponsorBlockTV is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.

    Assume every prospect can find a free version in five minutes. Your wedge has to be something open source structurally cannot deliver: compliance, support SLAs, managed hosting at scale, or a workflow the maintainers refuse to build.

    iSponsorBlockTV: common questions

    Is iSponsorBlockTV still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. iSponsorBlockTV recorded 145 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 9 of those months and 42 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-09. Last release: 2026-07-13. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use iSponsorBlockTV commercially?

    iSponsorBlockTV is published under GPL-3.0. Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    How crowded is the Miscellaneous category?

    76 open-source implementations, 40 of them actively maintained, led by revealjs at 72k stars. Saturation score 81/100 — Crowded. Free, maintained alternatives already dominate this category.

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