LongTube

YouTube without Shorts.

LongTube is a browser extension that removes all short-form content from your YouTube UI.

Short-form content is engineered to be addictive. It hijacks your attention and leaves you doom-scrolling brain-rot content.

LongTube is an opt-out for the times you want to focus on long-form content.

• 🚫 Removes all Shorts from YouTube's UI.
• ↪️ Redirects away from Shorts URLs.
• 📊 Tracks how many Shorts you've avoided.
• 🔓 Open source forever.

Install directly from the Chrome Web Store.

Install directly from Firefox Add-ons.

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

Chromium Browsers (Chrome/Edge/Brave):

1. Navigate to your browser's extensions page (e.g., chrome://extensions).
2. Enable "Developer mode".
3. Drag and drop the chrome.zip file into the window.

Gecko Browsers (Firefox/Zen):

1. Navigate to about:addons.
2. Click the gear icon and select "Install Add-on From File".
3. Select the firefox.xpi file.

I vibe-coded this for myself because I was tired of being force fed short-form content without the ability to opt-out. It happens to work really well, so I thought I'd share it with others.

Feel free to use it, share it, or contribute.

MIT.