Clickbait Killer — Free YouTube Summary icon

Clickbait Killer — Free YouTube Summary

by pezeuy · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Kill clickbait with AI-powered YouTube video summaries. 100% free & open source.

Users
16
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#167K
#140K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 1 Apr 2026

Users

monthly, 7 months
0816Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 16 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 7 months
001Apr 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Clickbait Killer — Free YouTube Summary

Stop wasting time on clickbait. Clickbait Killer summarizes any YouTube video in seconds using AI, so you get the key information without sitting through 10 minutes of filler. 🎯 How it works A summary panel appears next to every YouTube video. Click "Summarize" and get a structured summary with TL;DR, key points, and clickbait detection — right in the page. 🆓 Two modes, both free • Open in LLM (no setup needed) — opens Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok with the transcript auto-injected. Just hit Enter. • Direct summary (API key required) — get streaming AI summaries directly in the YouTube page. Uses your own API key — you only pay what you use (~$0.01/summary with the cheapest models). 🤖 4 AI providers supported • Anthropic (Claude) • OpenAI (GPT) • Google (Gemini) • xAI (Grok) 🌍 8 languages Get summaries in French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, or Chinese. ✨ Features • Side panel integrated into YouTube's interface • Streaming responses — see the summary appear token by token • Full markdown rendering (headings, bold, lists, etc.) • Dark & light theme — follows YouTube's theme automatically • Clickbait detection built into the AI prompt • Custom model support — enter any model name for future-proofing • Preferences synced across devices • Works with YouTube's SPA navigation 💰 100% free & open source No subscription. No daily limits. No account required. No data collection. The code is fully open source on GitHub — inspect it, fork it, improve it. Built with vanilla JavaScript, no framework, no build step. Manifest V3.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+6.7%00.00
30 days+1+6.7%00.00
6 months+13+433.3%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.01 Apr 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
1 Apr 2026
Size
35 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storage
Site access
https://www.youtube.com/*https://api.anthropic.com/*https://api.openai.com/*https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*https://api.x.ai/*https://claude.ai/*https://chatgpt.com/*https://gemini.google.com/*https://grok.com/*

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