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LearnTube v1.0.0 — live on the Chrome Web Store
LearnTube v1.0.0
Turn YouTube into a calm place to learn — one master switch, no tracking, no build step.
Install: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jejlhdamaodimmhcomnihmepididhbde
What it does
- One master switch — plain, untouched YouTube the instant you flip it off.
- Shorts, gone — shelves, tiles, the sidebar entry, and the
/shorts/player are hidden site-wide. - Subscriptions as an inbox — a compact two-line list; opened videos dim like read mail, star creators, filter to your VIPs, and save a video to a topic.
- A Learning home — the recommendation wall becomes your Library: add playlists as topics, track progress, resume your next lecture, and work a course as a checklist.
- Fewer distractions everywhere — watch pages center the player and drop suggestions/comments/end-cards; the masthead is reclaimed to logo · search · account; search gets an optional "Lectures" lens.
Everything is display-only — it never reorders your feed or touches YouTube's recommendation algorithm. All state lives on your device in chrome.storage; nothing is ever sent off-device.
Heads-up
LearnTube is a CSS-first reskin, so a YouTube layout change can break a piece of it until it's updated. If something looks off, please open an issue.