BROWSER EXTENSION · SHIPPED & ACTIVE
FilterTube
A little more control over the feed.
Local rules for YouTube videos, Shorts, channels, and comments—evaluated in your browser so you decide what reaches the screen.
01 · WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO SEE
Keep the lectures and crafts you came for; quiet the noise.
Recommendation feeds mix the channels and subjects you actively study with reaction bait, Shorts shelves, and repetitive comment spam. FilterTube lets you write explicit rules for titles, channels, shelves, and comments that run locally on your own device before cards render into view.
Instead of training another opaque recommendation algorithm, FilterTube gives you deterministic rules: if a title phrase, channel handle/ID, or shelf matches a rule you saved, the extension hides it immediately.
02 · TRY A RULE
See what changes in a sample feed.
Change the keyword, matching mode, or channel rule below to see which cards stay in the feed and which are hidden. Hidden cards remain inspectable in the tray below so you can verify the exact reason each card matched.
Try the idea · authored sample
Try a rule on a sample feed.
Change a literal title rule, channel policy or Shorts setting, then inspect why each authored sample card stays or disappears. Sample comment filtering is separate.
This example uses fictional cards. It does not connect to YouTube, read your account or save extension settings.
Choose a rule.
Text is matched literally. “Reaction” can also match a chemistry lecture—inspect the result below.
See what stays.
3 kept · 3 hidden · 6 sample cards
Select any card to inspect its fields and every rule check. Hidden cards stay visible here for explanation.
Kept in the feed 3
Hidden by a rule 3
Understand the decision.
SHOCKING Reaction to Framework Drama (You Won't Believe This!)
Hidden in this example
- Title field
- SHOCKING Reaction to Framework Drama (You Won't Believe This!)
- Channel handle
@hypeclips-sample- Surface
- Home Feed · regular video
- Literal title ruleMatched
Title contains “reaction” using whole matching.
- Explicit channel blockOff
Channel blocking is inactive.
- Explicit channel allowlistOff
The channel allowlist is inactive.
- Shorts metadata ruleNo match
This sample card is not marked as a Short.
This is a simplified teaching model. The extension supports more rules and surfaces; its source and current release remain authoritative.
03 · WHY A CARD MATCHED
Inspect the metadata and rule decision.
FilterTube reads the metadata fields already present on page cards—such as title text, channel handle/ID, and shelf markers—and tests them against your saved rules. Notice how switching between Whole-word match and Partial match above changes whether a word like “reaction” versus a prefix like “react” matches a chemistry lecture on “Reaction kinetics”.
04 · OTHER CONTROLS
Shorts, comments, collaborations, and shelves.
SHORTS & SHELVES
Suppress distracting shelves
Hide Shorts shelves across Home, Search, and Subscriptions without breaking ordinary long-form video playback.
CHANNEL IDENTITY
Handles, IDs & collaborations
Block or allow channels consistently across Home, Search, and Watch-Next rails, including multi-creator collaboration cards where multiple channels are credited.
WATCH-PAGE COMMENTS
Quiet repetitive comment threads
Filter comments by author or keyword pattern on the watch page so bot spam and repetitive phrases stay out of view.
05 · PROFILES & PRIVACY
Separate profiles, zero server tracking.
FilterTube stores your rule lists and profile settings locally inside your browser extension storage. You can maintain separate rule sets—such as a focused study profile or a PIN-locked Kids profile with stricter allowlists—and export or import your configuration as a plain JSON backup.
No viewing history, search queries, or rule lists are sent to an external analytics or filtering server.
06 · INSTALL & COMPATIBILITY
Where FilterTube runs.
FilterTube is built for Chromium-based desktop browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera) and Firefox. You can install the current packaged release from the download hub or load an unpacked build directly from the repository when testing development changes.
07 · CURRENT LIMITS & UPDATES
Honest boundaries.
FilterTube is a deterministic metadata filter, not an AI model that watches video streams or judges unspoken tone. Because YouTube periodically updates its client page structures and initial player payloads, the repository tracks extension release preparation separately from ongoing DOM/data-hook maintenance across surfaces.
Downloads
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filtertube.in/downloads
Browser store links, packaged extension releases, and installation instructions.
Source
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github.com/varshneydevansh/FilterTube
Inspect
js/filter_logic.js, profile management, and current issue tracking on GitHub.
The comment is checked separately.
This example comment matches the sample spam rule and would be hidden.
A comment match does not hide its video. The demo uses a small fixed spam pattern, not the full extension’s comment engine.