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HiddenRemoving · Comedy & memes 94%
v1.0.0Free & open source · Chrome extension
Comedy & memes 94%
Challenges, pranks 91%
Reactions 88%
Comedy & memes 96%
FeedKeeper 6 scored · 4 would filter4 hidden4 removed
Your YouTube feed, on your terms.
FeedKeeper quietly removes the kinds of videos you don't want from your home feed and "Up next" recommendations. You pick the categories. AI does the sorting.
Not on the Chrome Web Store yet. Installs from a zip in about a minute.
- No server, no analytics
- MIT licensed
- Your key stays in the extension
24 hours
ball pit24:31
ball pit24:31
HiddenRemoving · Challenges 91%
Atten-
tion18:44
tion18:44
Oh no9:52
HiddenRemoving · Reactions 88%
Av = λv48:20
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dramatic7:33
HiddenRemoving · Comedy & memes 96%
Feed tidied. 4 videos removed with “Not interested”. Everything worth watching stayed.
FeedKeeper 6 scored · 4 would filter4 hidden4 removed
Made-up videos and channels. Try the modes, or press Show.
21built-in categories
3modes, from look to act
$1sorts ~100,000 videos
0servers or trackers
Why
One comedy clip turns into a feed full of them.
YouTube's feed learns from every late-night click, and "just one video" turns into an hour. Blocking YouTube outright also blocks the lectures, tutorials and news you came for. FeedKeeper keeps YouTube and filters the feed.
How it works
Pick. Score. Filter.
01
You pick the categories
Choose what you don't want, like Comedy & memes or Challenges, pranks & stunts. Each one has a written definition you can edit, or add your own.
02
AI scores every tile
As videos appear, the title, description, chapters and tags go to the AI, which answers each category as a probability. Scores are cached for 14 days.
03
Matches get filtered
Depending on your mode, matches are outlined, blurred behind a Show button, or removed with Not interested. The good stuff stays exactly where it was.
- Tile appears
- →
- Read title, channel, duration
- →
- Cached? Otherwise fetch details
- →
- Background worker asks the AI
- →
- Above your sensitivity? Filter
Three modes
Start by looking. Move on when you trust it.
Preview and Hide never click anything on YouTube. Auto remove is opt-in.
Preview DEFAULT
Red outline and a compact decision badge on every match. Nothing is hidden or clicked. Choose Why? to see the full category distribution.
Hide
Matches blur behind a Show button. Nothing is sent to YouTube, so your recommendations don't change. The videos worth watching stay untouched.
Auto remove
Hides, then clicks ⋮ → Not interested for you, 1.5–4 s apart, at most 20 a minute and 100 per page load. YouTube learns from those clicks.
FeedKeeper is an early public release. Start in Preview, review its scores, and only turn on Auto remove once the categories and sensitivity behave the way you expect.
Features
Control without clutter.
Block Shorts with one switch
Hides every Short on YouTube: shelves, feeds, search and the Shorts menu entry. No AI calls, no cost.
Judges more than the title
The description, chapters, tags and YouTube's own category are used too, with sponsor text and links removed first. Combined matching catches videos whose confidence is split across overlapping categories.
21 categories, plus yours
Four groups built in. Add a custom category with a name and a one-line definition, and that definition becomes the question the AI answers.
Block, or only show
Block the categories you pick, or use Only show selected for a focused feed. Sensitivity is yours to tune.
See why, on demand
Hover a video and choose Why? to inspect its full category distribution, then correct the call for that video or channel.
Profiles and focus sessions
Reusable filter profiles, temporary focus sessions, and separate controls for the home feed and the sidebar.
Channel and title rules
Allow or block channels and add free local title rules. They run before any paid classification.
Cheap by design
Normal scanning asks only about the categories you selected. Full distributions are requested only when you inspect a video.
Demo
See it in under 30 seconds.
The video loads from YouTube only when you press play. Watch it on YouTube
Cost
Pennies, not a subscription.
$1
sorts roughly 100,000 videos.
In Hide mode. A rough estimate; your mileage depends on how much you scroll.- Bring your own key. There's no FeedKeeper server, so you pay OpenRouter directly, usually a few cents a month.
- Scores are cached for 14 days. Reloading the feed costs nothing.
- Block Shorts is free. Hidden Shorts are never sent to the AI.
Install
Up and running in a minute.
FeedKeeper isn't in the Chrome Web Store yet, so you load it once as an unpacked extension.
Download
Grab the Chrome
.zipfrom the latest release and unzip it.Load it
Open
chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and pick the folder.Add a key
Get an API key at openrouter.ai/keys, add a few dollars, then paste it in the popup and Save.
Open YouTube
Preview mode is on by default. Pick your categories and watch the scores appear.
Built and tested in Chrome. Edge, Brave and Arc should work too; community testing welcome. Firefox and Safari aren't supported yet.
Privacy
Nothing to sign up for. Nothing to trust.
FeedKeeper has no server, no analytics SDK and no runtime package dependencies. Your key stays in the extension.
Your key stays put
Every AI request is made by the background worker. The YouTube page never receives your API key.
Two capabilities
Local extension storage, and network access to openrouter.ai. That is the whole permission list.
Read the source
MIT licensed and small enough to audit. See the architecture and trust boundaries and the privacy policy.
FAQ
Good questions.
Does it get my account banned or flagged?
Auto remove clicks the same Not interested button you would, spaced 1.5–4 seconds apart and capped per minute and per page. Preview and Hide never click anything.
Why do I need my own API key?
There's no FeedKeeper server, so no one else sees your feed and nothing ever needs a subscription. You pay OpenRouter directly, usually a few cents a month.
A video was scored wrong. What now?
Open the popup, check the category's definition, and make it more specific, or add a custom category. Use Why? on a video to see its full distribution. If a built-in definition is off, please open an issue with the video link.
Which browsers work?
Chrome is supported and tested. Edge, Brave and Arc are expected to work. Firefox and Safari aren't supported yet.
Is it affiliated with YouTube?
No. FeedKeeper isn't affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.