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Free Chrome Extension  ·  v1.2.1

YouTube without
the distractions

Block Shorts, filter clickbait, track your Focus Score, and lock yourself into one video at a time. Take back your attention.

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8+
Block Modes
0ms
Tracking / Telemetry
100%
Free & Open Source

What it does

Everything that pulls you in — blocked

FocusTube works quietly in the background. No account needed, no data sent anywhere.

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Video Focus Lock
Lock yourself to a single video for 10, 25, or 50 minutes. Navigating away shows a redirect overlay.
New in v1.1
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Auto Video Speed
Automatically sets playback to 1.25×, 1.5×, or 2× on every video the moment it loads.
v1.1
🎯
Focus Score + Streak
Earn points for every blocked video and completed focus session. Track your streak across days.
Score System
🛡️
Smart Keyword Filter
Word-boundary matching blocks "prank" without touching "engineering challenges" or "network interactions".
Word-Boundary
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Channel Whitelist
Add only the channels you trust (3Blue1Brown, MIT, Kurzgesagt). Everything else disappears from feeds.
v1.1
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Block Shorts & End Cards
Removes Shorts from every page. Also hides the end-screen overlay cards that trap you in rabbit holes.
Always On
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Deep Focus Sessions
Start a 15m, 25m, or 50m Pomodoro-style session. Settings lock until it ends. Score +20 bonus.
Pomodoro
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Anti-Clickbait UI
Grayscale thumbnails until you hover over them — removes the emotional hook of attention-grabbing thumbnails.
Optional

Installation

Up in 60 seconds

No Chrome Web Store account required. Just download, unzip, and load.

Step 01
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Download the zip

Click the button below and save focustube-v1.2.1.zip anywhere on your computer. Then unzip it — you'll get a folder called focustube-v1.2.1.

Step 02
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Open Chrome Extensions

In Chrome, go to chrome://extensions in the address bar. Toggle on Developer mode (top-right corner).

Step 03
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Load the folder

Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped focustube-v1.2.1 folder. The extension appears instantly. Pin it to your toolbar.

Ready to install?

Free, open source, no sign-up. Works on any Chromium browser (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc).

⬇  Download FocusTube v1.2.1

~80 KB  ·  Manifest V3  ·  No data collected

Focus Score

Know exactly how focused you were

A transparent, non-inflating score that reflects real behavior — not arbitrary points.

82
Today's Focus Score
Excellent focus! 🎯
🔥 7 days
Base score
50 points — every day starts equal
+2 per block
Max +30 total from blocks today
+20 focus session
Complete any focus session today
Max: 100
Cannot inflate. Resets at midnight.