TubeSummary

AI-powered YouTube summaries in your browser

Boost your learning and productivity by quickly extracting key insights from any YouTube video.

🚀 Manifest V3 Fork - Enhanced Chrome/Chromium compatibility
Fork of n0vella/TubeSummary with Manifest V3 migration and Chrome optimizations

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Table of Contents

• Features
• How It Works
• Supported API Providers
• Installation
• Contributing
• Donations

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Features

• Summarize YouTube videos instantly with a single click
• AI-powered follow-up Q&A below the video
• Support for multiple LLM providers (OpenAI-compatible)
• Prompts and provider credentials fully customizable
• Manifest V3 compatible - Future-proof extension architecture
• Works on latest Chromium, Chrome, and more

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How It Works

1. Trigger Summarization:
   Click the Brain button at the end of your YouTube toolbar to generate a summary for the current video.
   
   

2. View the Summary and Interact:
   The summary appears below the video. You can ask the AI follow-up questions about the content.
   
   

3. Access Settings:
   Click the extension icon, or middle-click Summarize, to open the settings page in a new tab.
   
   
   Here you can:
   • Customize the summarization prompt
   • Enter your API provider credentials
   
   
4. Select Model:
   After providing credentials, supported providers let you select available models and view further details.

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Supported API Providers

An OpenAI-compatible API provider is required. Both free and paid options are supported.
See this list of free LLM APIs for alternatives.

Tested providers (all offer a free tier as of writing):

Provider	Endpoint URL	Documentation
OpenRouter	https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/	Docs
Cerebras	https://api.cerebras.ai/v1/	Docs
Groq	https://api.groq.com/openai/v1	Docs
Together AI	https://api.together.xyz/v1/	Docs
GitHub Models	https://models.github.ai/inference	Docs
Gemini (not yet supported)	https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/	Docs

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Installation

Chrome/Chromium Extension

Recommended Browser: Enhanced Chromium

For the best experience, we recommend using ungoogled-chromium with Widevine support by @danalec. This privacy-focused browser includes DRM support for streaming services while maintaining enhanced privacy features.

Install via Scoop (Windows):

# Add the custom bucket
scoop bucket add danalec_scoop-alts https://github.com/danalec/scoop-alts

# Install ungoogled-chromium with Widevine
scoop install danalec_scoop-alts/ungoogled-chromium

Learn more: danalec/scoop-alts 0

Option: Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/danalec/TubeSummary.git
cd TubeSummary

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the Chrome/Chromium extension
npm run package:chrome

# The packaged extension will be in the releases/ folder