# HumaneTube

> Redirects YouTube Videos to a local website to provide you with a humane viewing experience

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `humanetube`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** stoically
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-09
- **First published:** 2020-10-24
- **Size:** 547 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/humanetube/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/stoically/humanetube](https://github.com/stoically/humanetube)

## Description

HumaneTube is a Firefox add-on that redirects YouTube videos to a local website, removing distractions like view counts, comments, recommendations, video overlays, and autoplay. Enjoy a humane and rabbit hole-free viewing experience.

## Rankings

- #130,420 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://*.youtube.com/*`
- `https://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*`
- `https://youtu.be/*`
- `https://*.googlevideo.com/*`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/humanetube)