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1. 1SY
   Search YouTube without stopping the video, and make your own playlists▲295

   2016 · chrome.google.com

2. 2TM
   Tube – Minimalist YouTube▲220

   2018 · tube.quinzel.tech

3. 3LA
   Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin▲140

   2021 · github.com

4. 4AA
   An Alternative Web Interface for YouTube▲110

   2016 · essentialyoutube.com

5. 5NO
   Nodetube – Open-source YouTube alternative with image and audio uploads▲151

   2020 · github.com

6. 6AF
   A faster, minimal YouTube interface built on Angular.js and Foundation▲189

   2013 · toogl.es

7. 7
   Tube▲143

   A minimalist and distraction-free YouTube 🎬

   2018

8. 8
   NoSuggest▲12

   YouTube without the algorithm. Watch what you came for.

   Jun 2026 · nosuggest.com

9. 9YF
   YouTube Filesystem – YTFS▲185

   2015 · github.com

10. 10
    ListenYo!▲140

    Listen to YouTube without loading videos

    2017

11. 11
    Wibe▲85

    Surf Wikipedia with the Power of YouTube

    2014

12. 12YS
    YouTube Search Fixer – Firefox addon that removes unrelated suggestions▲134

    2020 · addons.mozilla.org

13. 13NW
    NoSuggest – Watch YouTube without the recommendation algorithm▲60

    NoSuggest is a quiet act of resistance against YouTube algorithms always trying to pull you into a loop of unlimited videos in turn into unlimited screen time. With unending side cards of videos, auto-play, what's next suggestions, YouTube shorts and notifications, users will be doom scrolling for many hours in a day. I faced the same problem. Acknowledging that, not all content in YouTube is bad. There are educational videos, genuine news contents without political bias which is very hard to find outside YouTube and many other good relaxing, entertainment stuff. NoSuggest lets you only…

    Jun 2026 · nosuggest.com

14. 14YD
    yt – distraction-free YouTube▲7

    2018 · yt.dudzik.co

15. 15YG
    YouTube GIF Maker with Full Search and No Watermark▲40

    2019 · gifrun.com

16. 16
    Vidooly▲120

    Get deeper analytics of any YouTube channel or video

    2015

17. 17
    YouTube Stay!▲89

    Search YouTube without stopping the video

    2016

18. 18
    Skippy▲93

    YouTube videos turned into books. Watch faster, even deeper.

    2017

19. 19SM
    Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)▲61

    2016 · beta.echotu.be

20. 20LS
    Lexika – Search Engine for Spoken Words/Phrases in YouTube Videos▲85

    2015 · lexika.io

21. 21LA
    Look Away to Pause YouTube (Experimental Chrome Extension)▲21

    2018 · github.com

22. 22WI
    Woye – Insert plain text, get information from YouTube and Wikipedia▲29

    2018 · github.com

23. 23AA
    An async API and a CLI tool to search YouTube without using the DataAPI▲6

    2021 · github.com

24. 24PY
    Play YouTube in the background for free. No ads▲9

    2021 · sling-music.com

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