YouTube browser extensions
Browser extensions and tools that modify YouTube, mostly hiding Shorts, feeds and recommendations, enforcing watch limits or AI goal-based nudges, plus UI tweaks, player enhancements and some creator analytics.
Built for: Distracted YouTube viewers and students
Projects since May 04
314
Different builders
288
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+12%
AI is the core
11%
Projects per week
Mostly browser extension (62%), web app (29%), mobile app (3.5%) · from r/chrome_extensions, r/SideProject, r/SaaS, r/IMadeThis
Latest
- Restyles the YouTube Music web player on desktop to look better.“Youtube music looks terrible on pc! so i made an extension for it check it out! Discord link: https://discord.gg/8y2bcMP9r Chrome link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jpaghpgbdiimnkgkmefdeidabebanjjg?utm_source=item-share-cb”
- CreatorBlock — Shows community-tagged creators who appear in a YouTube video as badges on thumbnails and lets users filter videos by creator.“I made a free extension that shows who's in a YouTube video before you click”
- YouTube Customizer — Blocks unwanted YouTube channels and keywords, hides Shorts, and adds usage limits and reminders to the YouTube interface.“I wanted more control over YouTube, so I built this”
- TubeCheck — Adds a community verification bar under YouTube video titles where users tag tutorials as working, outdated, broken, or misleading.“Since YouTube removed dislikes and creators censor comments, I built a free extension to flag legit, fake, broken, or outdated tutorials.”
- Eavesdrop — Shows a video's comments in a floating panel over the YouTube player, including in fullscreen mode.“I kept pausing videos in fullscreen just to read comments, so I built an extension that shows them over the video”
- NOWIT — Aggregates public YouTube, music, Netflix and search trend charts for a chosen country in one site.“I built NOWIT: public video, music and search rankings by country”
- Lets fans tip YouTube creators on video ideas they plan to make, with payments routed through Stripe Connect and a small commission taken per tip.“Today was supposed to be my first platform launch. Then Stripe said no.”
- Finds viral outlier YouTube videos from newer channels and extracts their metadata such as tags.“Should I keep my project on a vercel subdomain?”
- Organizes YouTube Watch Later videos into custom collections with tags, search, reordering, keyboard shortcuts, and a playback queue.“I made a simple extension that fixes what's wrong with the youtube watch later feature”
- MyTube — Lets users save YouTube videos into their own categories and browse them on a custom home page without recommendations.“I built a Chrome extension that turns YouTube's Watch Later graveyard into a home page you actually curate”
- FreshView for YouTube — Hides YouTube video cards whose progress bar shows they have been mostly watched.“FreshView for YouTube 3.2.1 is live: refreshed settings, 6 languages, and improved filtering”
- NotDistract — Plays YouTube search results in a stripped-down player with a built-in focus timer and distraction prompts.“I kept losing hours to YouTube recommendations while trying to study, so I built a distraction-free YouTube alternative with a built-in focus timer (100% free & open-source)”
- Quiet — Hides YouTube Shorts, recommendations, end screens, autoplay, and other distracting page elements through ten independent toggles.“I built a free Chrome extension that removes YouTube Shorts and almost everything you need to clear out distractions”
- FocusSpace — Restricts the YouTube feed to chosen topics, hides Shorts, and adds AI explanations, notes, quizzes and Q&A while watching videos.“I kept opening YouTube to study and somehow ended up watching everything except what I planned. So I built this.”
- Quality for YouTube Shorts — Adds a manual video quality selector to YouTube Shorts in Chrome.“I made a Chrome Extension that adds Quality options to YouTube Shorts”
- YouTube Lens — Customizes the YouTube page appearance with glass-style theming, list views, thumbnail sizing, favorite channel highlighting, and hiding of Shorts and feed sections.“Youtube lens”
- AudioMatch — Shows the spoken language of YouTube videos as a badge on thumbnails and can dim or hide videos in languages you don't want.“AudioMatch: See the original spoken language on YouTube thumbnails and filter out AI dubs”
- Lets creators enter short videos into a public, paid leaderboard where viewers vote and rankings are visible to everyone.“I'm building a public leaderboard where short videos compete for ranks. Would you post yours?”
- SlopShield for YouTube — Filters low-quality AI-generated ('slop') videos out of YouTube pages.“SlopShield for YouTube”
- VYBEvs — Shows two YouTube videos side by side and lets users vote on which is better, then reveals how others voted.“I built a site where two videos go head-to-head and you pick the winner. Looking for beta testers”
Most discussed
- TaleTok — Automates creation and management of YouTube channels that run without on-camera creators.“My SaaS just crossed $900 mrr and i still can't believe it”
- TubeBuddy — Adds management, optimization and analytics tools to YouTube for creators.“My extension (TubeBuddy) was acquired by Bill Gates in 2020. AMA”
- GoodTube — Blocks YouTube ads and restores the older player and interface, with options to customise the YouTube page.“GoodTube - Youtube Adblocker (my first extension now has over 10,000 users and has made over $7k!!)”
- My Youtube Extension — Modifies the YouTube interface with over 100 UI tweaks, player enhancements, themes and extra features.“My Youtube Extension”
- Lets fans tip YouTube creators on video ideas they plan to make, with payments routed through Stripe Connect and a small commission taken per tip.“Today was supposed to be my first platform launch. Then Stripe said no.”
- Spirkz — Delivers short-form educational video reels in a mobile app, with friends, chats, bookmarks, sharing and follow features.“I created an app and got first 100 users , i dont know what to do”
- Lists fast-growing YouTube creators with filters for channel size and contact availability so designers and editors can reach out to them.“What am I doing wrong?”
- NicheTracker — Tracks YouTube niches with live CPM, growth trends, and competition data, updated twice daily.“I tracked 100 YouTube niches for months — here's what actually pays in 2026 (with real CPM data)”
- pornprompt.ai — Lets users search adult video clips by describing them in plain English instead of typing tags.“Traditional porn search is terrible, so I built an AI search engine for it”
- YouTube Comment Screenshot Tool — Captures screenshots of YouTube comments from within the browser.“My Extension Made Me Money - Are these results good?”