# DeBait – Real YouTube Thumbnails, Not Clickbait

> Automatically replace clickbait YouTube thumbnails with the real first frame of the video. Lightweight, private, no setup.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/debait](https://chrome-stats.com/d/debait)

## Overview

- **ID:** `debait`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Devilos LLC
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25
- **First published:** 2026-06-22
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/debait/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nnx0r/debait/issues](https://github.com/nnx0r/debait/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/debait/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/debait/privacy/)

## Description

DeBait swaps clickbait YouTube thumbnails for the real first frame of each video, so your feed shows what videos are actually about — not the misleading bait.

It works automatically the moment you install it. No popup, no account, no settings.

• Replaces thumbnails on the home feed, search, sidebar and channel pages
• Works on both regular videos and Shorts
• Restores the original automatically when no real frame is available
• Lightweight (~3 kB) and private: no tracking, no accounts, no extra requests

DeBait only needs access to YouTube and changes thumbnails at the network layer, so the clickbait image is never even downloaded.

## Rankings

- #21,959 — Overall
- #51 — setup
- #134 — wait

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
- `*://*.ytimg.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, ytimg.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/debait)