NerfTube

NerfTube helps you gain focus by reducing the FPS of YouTube videos and applying a grayscale filter to non-allowed categories.

As of June 2026, NerfTube has 3 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Productivity category.

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1 reviews
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Version
1.0
Manifest V3

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

4.083.52.92Apr 18, 2026Jun 12, 2026
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May 29, 202641.0
Jun 12, 202645.0011.0
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Changelog

  • Apr 28, 2026
    description
    NerfTube is an open source Chrome extension for digital detox.
    
    It reduces YouTube's addictiveness by:
    
    🎨 Applying grayscale to drain the visual stimulation
    🎞️ Lowering video FPS to reduce smooth, hypnotic motion
    🧠 Making mindless browsing less appealing while keeping educational content fully usable
    How much time do you spend on YouTube?
    
    If the answer is too much, then this extension will help you!
    
    NerfTube is an open source Chrome extension for digital detox.
    
    It reduces YouTube's addictiveness by:
    
    🎨 Applying grayscale to drain the visual stimulation
    🎞️ Lowering video FPS to reduce smooth, hypnotic motion
    🧠 Making mindless browsing less appealing while keeping educational content fully usable
    
    This extension was built to address a personal pattern of spending way more time than intended on YouTube. Unlike other platforms, YouTube offers high-quality educational content, so a simple timer that blocks the site after some time wouldn't be the right fit. The platform also serves as a background music source, where a timer would be useless.
    
    The extension is fully open source, contributions are welcome 🤗

Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabstorage
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

How much time do you spend on YouTube?

If the answer is too much, then this extension will help you!

NerfTube is an open source Chrome extension for digital detox.

It reduces YouTube's addictiveness by:

🎨 Applying grayscale to drain the visual stimulation
🎞️ Lowering video FPS to reduce smooth, hypnotic motion
🧠 Making mindless browsing less appealing while keeping educational content fully usable

This extension was built to address a personal pattern of spending way more time than intended on YouTube. Unlike other platforms, YouTube offers high-quality educational content, so a simple timer that blocks the site after some time wouldn't be the right fit. The platform also serves as a background music source, where a timer would be useless.

The extension is fully open source, contributions are welcome 🤗

Technical

Version
1.0
Manifest
V3
Size
9.84MiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
opeoconmgppjimpcnhinmkaikcnkfidm
Developer ID
u5a9ddc7e65fcf51d9d98cff2775320fe
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Apr 17, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Apr 28, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 12, 2026
Website

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 12, 2026.