YouTube CC Fuzzy Search

by lorenzozane.dev · Tools

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Search through YouTube video subtitles

Users

−2 in 30 days

Rating

5.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#160K

#134K among extensions

Version

1.3.0

updated 5 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 2 years

Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 18 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years

Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About YouTube CC Fuzzy Search

YouTube CC Fuzzy Search is browser extension that enables fuzzy search through YouTube video subtitles (Closed Captions). - Uses defuddle to gather and parse YouTube Closed Captions (subtitles) directly from videos - The Fuzzy Search finds words and phrases in video captions even with typos or partial matches - Clicking on search results lets the video automatically Jump to Timestamp - Search results are shown with surrounding Caption Context for better understanding - Real-time Search updates results as you type with minimal delay Contribution The code of the extension is open-source! Any kind of contributions are welcomed at https://github.com/lorenzozane/youtube-cc-fuzzy-search Acknowledgements Closed captions are gathered and parsed using defuddle, a JavaScript library for extracting subtitles from YouTube. The fuzzy search is powered by fuzzysort, a fast and powerful JavaScript fuzzy search library.