Live nowExtensions are available today. Dedicated mobile, iPad, and TV apps are being shaped next.

Filtering that keeps your

feed calm by default

Local-first YouTube filtering for families, students, and focused households. Block channels, keywords, Shorts, and comments before noisy surfaces render.

See how FilterTube works

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Vivaldi

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Kids ModeHide ShortsWhitelist modePIN locked profiles

Why FilterTube exists

It started with a parent asking for a basic safety control that never arrived.

The origin story matters because it explains the product tone. FilterTube was built to answer a real family request, not to turn attention safety into generic AI marketing.

Built because a parent asked for keyword blocking on YouTube Kids and never got a real answer.

Designed to keep filtering local, explainable, and calm instead of turning safety into another opaque cloud product.

Available now on desktop browsers, with mobile, iPad, TV, and local intelligence plans already taking shape.

Origin thread

View the locked support thread

Parents needed a way to protect attention and safety without waiting for the platform to care first.

Live today

Desktop release

Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, and Opera-friendly release paths are already part of the public product.

Strongest controls

Kids + Shorts

Whitelist mode, profile separation, and Shorts filtering remain some of the clearest reasons to trust the system.

Coming next

Mobile, iPad, TV

Dedicated apps extend FilterTube into calmer control surfaces without breaking the system people can already use today.

What already works

FilterTube already does more than most people expect.

The current product already covers pre-render filtering, family-safe rule control, Shorts reduction, and a local-first foundation built to stay readable.

Pre-render control

Most blocked content can disappear before the page fully builds.

FilterTube intercepts YouTube data as early as it can, then falls back to DOM cleanup only where YouTube still leaves edge cases.

Home, search, watch, playlist, and related surfaces can be filtered before visual clutter lands.
Fallback cleanup stays selective so the experience does not feel flickery or unstable.

Family safety

Kids mode, profile separation, and PIN locks stay part of the product core.

Family controls were not added later. Separate profiles, whitelist behavior, and locked settings are part of why the product exists.

Kids-safe setups can stay meaningfully stricter than the main profile.
PIN-protected areas help adults keep household rules from being casually edited.

Noise removal

Shorts, comments, mixes, and recommendation clutter can all be reduced.

Users can shape YouTube into something calmer, whether the goal is family safety, better focus, or simply fewer rabbit holes.

Hide Shorts entirely or keep watch pages quieter by removing comments and noisy rails.
Keyword, channel, and surface-level controls work together instead of living in separate silos.

Next platforms

The product is expanding into dedicated apps without losing the calm system already live today.

Mobile, iPad, TV, and local ML plans belong to one serene system instead of feeling like disconnected product experiments.

Phone and tablet apps become the trusted control layer for rules, profiles, and activity.
TV builds prioritize shared-screen confidence, while local intelligence stays privacy-first and explicit.

Platform map

One serene brand, adapted to different screens and reading distances.

FilterTube is growing from today’s desktop release into dedicated mobile, iPad, TV, Kids, and local intelligence experiences.

In progress

Dedicated apps

phones and tablets

A calm overview of the upcoming iPhone, iPad, and Android app family.

Signal RailOne-thumb controls

Open overview

Mapping

TV overview

TV environments

A living-room overview for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV.

Shared screensPlayback trust

Open overview

Available today

YouTube Kids protection

safer and calmer

A YouTube Kids overview focused on family safety, whitelist confidence, and parent-origin trust.

Whitelist confidenceParent-origin story

Open overview

Research direction

ML and local intelligence

smarter filtering

How a future local intelligence layer could extend FilterTube without pushing user behavior into the cloud.

Local semanticsThumbnail direction

Open overview

Choose a device

Pick the device that matters most and see what is available today, what is planned next, and how it fits the broader FilterTube system.

Start with the mobile overview

iPhone app

iPhone

A dedicated iPhone app centered on quick control and trusted setup.

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iPad app

iPadOS

A wide-screen FilterTube companion for family oversight and deeper management.

See details

Android app

Android

A flexible Android app for rules, profiles, and protected browsing.

See details

Android TV app

Android TV

A living-room FilterTube companion for Android TV households.

See details

Amazon Fire TV app

Amazon Fire TV

A Fire TV overview focused on family playback and household confidence.

See details

System language

A calm experience still needs a clear system underneath it.

FilterTube works because the filtering system is deliberate. The site can stay serene while still showing how interception, rules, and fallback cleanup fit together.

Intercept

Capture the YouTube response or page state that matters before recommendation surfaces fully settle.

Normalize

Resolve channel identity, URL variants, and content references into a consistent rule model.

Filter

Apply keyword, channel, whitelist, Shorts, comments, and profile-specific rules with clear precedence.

Stabilize

Use a targeted DOM fallback only when needed so the page still feels calm and readable.

Readability

Calm design should still feel clear.

FilterTube keeps key controls, family-safe signals, and product direction easy to scan across desktop, tablet, phone, and TV.

Clear emphasis

Important details like Shorts, Kids mode, and active protection can stand out without making the whole product feel loud.

Readable at every distance

Whether someone is checking a phone in one hand or reading from the sofa, key details stay easy to read.

Clear about what is live

Current features stay distinct from upcoming apps and the local ML track, so people can tell what works today and what still belongs to the roadmap.

Technical features

Verified product capabilities available today.

A clear view of what FilterTube already provides now, before the app family expands further.

Current feature

Exact Word Matching

Keyword rules can use exact word boundaries when users want stricter matching instead of loose partial matches.

Optional exact-match toggle for keyword rules.

Current feature

Channel Whitelist

Whitelist mode can leave only approved channels and keywords visible for stricter setups.

Useful for trusted-creators-only households and study profiles.

Current feature

Comment Blocker

Comment sections can be removed entirely or specific based on the commenter or keywords too when the goal is a quieter watch page.

Supports full comment-section hiding.

Current feature

Shorts Blocker

Shorts shelves, cards, and related entry points can be hidden to reduce doom-scrolling pressure.

One of the fastest ways to calm the feed.

Current feature

Pre-Render Filtering

When YouTube data can be intercepted early, blocked items are removed before they visibly land on screen.

DOM fallback still covers recycled or delayed surfaces.

Current feature

Performance Optimizations

FilterTube uses selective processing and bridge-level optimizations so filtering stays lightweight.

Built around interception first, fallback only where needed.

Current feature

Auto Backup

Automatic backups can be written into `Downloads/FilterTube Backup/` with profile-aware folders and backup rotation.

Supports history/latest modes and encrypted backup flows.

Current feature

Import / Export

Manual export and restore flows exist for FilterTube data portability, including native exports and compatible import paths.

Handled through the advanced dashboard settings flow.

Current feature

Members-Only Control

Members-only videos and shelves can be hidden across watch, sidebar, playlist, and compact video layouts.

Covers common watch-page and shelf surfaces.

Current feature

Mix / Radio Handling

Playlist hiding logic distinguishes Mix and Radio items so they are not incorrectly treated like standard playlists.

Protects playlist controls from over-hiding.

Current feature

What's New Dashboard

Release notes are surfaced inside the product through a dedicated What's New flow and dashboard data source.

Keeps feature updates visible inside FilterTube.

Questions people actually ask

Plain answers for what families and focused users actually need to know.

What ships now, what stays local, and what still belongs to the roadmap.

FAQ

Does FilterTube send browsing data to your servers?

No. Filtering stays local to the browser or device using local storage and product-controlled settings.

FAQ

Will mobile and TV replace FilterTube on desktop?

No. FilterTube already works today on desktop browsers, and the upcoming apps extend that same control system across more screens.

FAQ

Why is Shorts filtering highlighted so often?

Because for many households and students, reducing Shorts is one of the fastest ways to make YouTube feel calmer again.

FAQ

How should the ML and AI direction be understood today?

As a future local layer that could make the current rule system smarter. It is not built around cloud behavior tracking, and thumbnail analysis remains a research track.

Download and watch

Available now on desktop, with more on the way.

Use FilterTube today on desktop browsers, watch the live product demo, or read the public docs while the dedicated app family continues to take shape.

Watch the current demo Read the documentation

View the GitHub repo

Chrome

Web Store

Firefox

Add-ons

Edge

Microsoft Add-ons

Brave

Chrome listing

Vivaldi

Chrome listing

Opera

GitHub releases