Can I customize what gets hidden?

Yes, FocusTube provides toggles for comments, sidebar recommendations, home feeds, and shorts.

Browser-Erweiterungen/2025

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Q: Does FocusTube break YouTube search or video playback?

No. Video playback, captions, quality controls, and search all work perfectly. Only algorithmic distractions are suppressed.

Live

“Ablenkungsfreier YouTube-Viewer”

FocusTube transforms YouTube into a pure intentional learning tool. By removing distracting recommendation feeds, algorithmic infinite scroll, autoplay traps, and sidebar clutter, FocusTube helps knowledge workers, students, and engineers maintain deep focus.

Manifest V3TypeScriptDOM Mutation EngineLocal Storage

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Die Gelöste Herausforderung

Warum Dieses Produkt Existiert

Modern video platforms are engineered around addictive algorithmic loops and infinite feeds that trigger attention fatigue and unplanned time-wasting.

Datenschutz-Architektur

Sicherheits- & Datenprinzipien

100% client-side execution with zero external servers.
Zero telemetry, zero analytics tracking, zero data monetization.
Requires minimal declarative permissions strictly scoped to video domains.

Hauptfunktionen

Schlüsselfunktionen & Architektur

Algorithmic Feed Stripping

Hides home page recommendations, shorts carousels, and autoplay sidebars on demand.

Clean Search & Learn Mode

Retains full search functionality while preventing algorithmic distraction rabbit holes.

Instant Toggle Hotkey

Seamlessly switch between full focus and standard mode with a lightweight keyboard shortcut.

Ultra-Lightweight Footprint

Operates with zero background network requests and under 2MB RAM utilization.

Benutzerablauf

Funktionsweise

Install from Chrome Store

Add FocusTube to your browser in one click.

Open YouTube

Experience an immediately calm, clean, search-driven video environment.

Customize Visibility

Toggle comments, related videos, or thumbnails to match your exact focus preferences.

Labor-Fallstudie

Entwicklungs- & Validierungsbericht

Die Herausforderung

Engineers and students go to video platforms for 5 minutes of documentation or tutorials, but algorithmic recommendation hooks trap them for hours.

Hypothese & Idee

Pennion designed a surgical, zero-latency DOM modifier that restores intentionality to video viewing without breaking search or subscriptions.

Die Umsetzung

Engineered a pure vanilla DOM mutation-observer based Manifest V3 extension requiring zero runtime dependencies.

<2 MB

Memory Footprint

0 bytes

Telemetry Collected

<10ms

DOM Injection Latency

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