ZenTube — YouTube Focus

About

Take YouTube back. One click.

ZenTube strips YouTube of everything that steals your attention: the home feed,
recommendations, Shorts, comments, view counts, end-screen suggestions — all of
it. Pick one of four focus modes or customize each toggle.

FREE FOREVER. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. No account.

CORE FEATURES
• 4 focus modes (Off / Casual / Learning / Deep Work) — one click switches everything
• 13 individual hide toggles for full control
• Blocks Shorts: /shorts/ URLs redirect to the normal player
• Grayscale mode — reduce dopamine-triggering thumbnails
• Hide view counts, like counts, subscriber counts

TIME MANAGEMENT
• Daily time limit — YouTube closes when you hit it
• Schedule blocks — e.g. no YouTube Mon-Fri 9 to 1
• Pomodoro built-in — 25 min focus, 5 min forced break
• Auto-pause when you switch tabs
• Disable autoplay so you decide what plays next

MINDFULNESS
• Mindful pause — "Why are you here?" with a forced delay before YouTube loads
• Custom homepage — replace the feed with a clock, greeting, and your own quote
• Recent intentions log — see what you said you'd do

CHANNEL CONTROL
• Whitelist mode — only allow specific channels
• Blacklist mode — block channels that suck your time

STATS
• Today / This week / Streak / Lifetime
• 14-day visual chart
• Distractions blocked counter

POLISH
• Beautiful dark/light auto-theming
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Export/import settings JSON
• Sync via Chrome (storage.sync) — settings follow your account
• Spanish + English

PRIVACY
Everything stays in your browser. No external servers. No analytics. The
extension only reads and modifies pages on youtube.com. Period.

If ZenTube gives you back hours of your life, consider a one-time tip on Ko-fi
inside the Support tab. Free forever either way.