# [4.5.0](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v4.4.0...v4.5.0) (2024-03-30) ### Features * **YouTube - Alternative thumbnails:** Selectively enable for home / subscription / search ([#2926](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/2926)) ([8549e1b](8549e1ba58
)) * **YouTube - GmsCore:** Require ignoring battery optimizations ([#2952](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/2952)) ([c0bef25](c0bef25590
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Continuing the legacy of Vanced
🧩 ReVanced Patches
This repository contains a collection of ReVanced Patches.
❓ About
Patches are small modifications to Android apps that allow you to change the behavior of or add new features, block ads, customize the appearance, and much more.
💪 Features
Some of the features the patches provide are:
- 🚫 Block ads: Say goodbye to ads
- ⭐ Customize your app: Personalize the appearance of apps with various layouts and themes
- 🪄 Add new features: Extend the functionality of apps with lots of new features
- ⚙️ Miscellaneous and general purpose: Rename packages, enable debugging, disable screen capture restrictions, export activities, etc.
- ✨ And much more!
For a complete list of all available patches, visit revanced.app/patches.
🚀 How to get started
You can use ReVanced CLI or ReVanced Manager to use ReVanced Patches.
📚 Everything else
📙 Contributing
Thank you for considering contributing to ReVanced Patches. You can find the contribution guidelines here.
🛠️ Building
To build ReVanced Patches, you can follow the ReVanced documentation.
📜 Licence
ReVanced Patches is licensed under the GPLv3 license. Please see the license file for more information. tl;dr you may copy, distribute and modify ReVanced Patches as long as you track changes/dates in source files. Any modifications to ReVanced Patches must also be made available under the GPL, along with build & install instructions.