Iridium for YouTube

Name: Iridium for YouTube
Rating: 3.9554 (628 reviews)
Author: Particle

By: Particle

YouTube with more freedom

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Features & Capabilities

Iridium for YouTube enhances your YouTube experience by adding advanced features and customization options. Version 2 introduces powerful controls such as channel blacklisting, playlist reversing, always visible player, control over video autoplay, default playback quality and speed, and dark theme management.

Additional features include super theater mode, high frame rate control, monetization info display, ad control, removal of short videos, and volume adjustment by scrolling. Iridium prioritizes user privacy, collecting no personal data, and only requires permissions essential for its functionality on the youtube.com domain. Enjoy YouTube with more freedom and personalization using Iridium for YouTube.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

2.1.2 Last updated: 2024-09-18

Version code:

5811249

Creation date:

2018-02-03

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
*://www.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

1.15MB

Email:

pa*****@outlook.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,958 ▼ 21

Other rankings

#114 in grid keyword 22 ▼ 3#131 in youtube keyword 85 ▼ 2#138 in release keyword 24 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Iridium for YouTube (v2.1.2)

10,000 3.97

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Developed by:

Particle

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/particle-iridium/

Email:

pa*****@outlook.com

Website:

https://github.com/ParticleCore/Iridium/wiki/Report-a-bug

Permission Change History

2024-02-23: Version 2.0.3 → 2.0.4

Remove Permissions: webRequest webRequestBlocking webRequestFilterResponse

2024-01-10: Version 0.2.5 → 2.0.1

Add Permissions: webRequest webRequestBlocking webRequestFilterResponse *://www.youtube.com/*

User Reviews

User reviews show a split: some celebrate Iridium's return and prefer it over other YouTube extensions, noting it works again after updates. However, a strong recurring concern is lack of maintenance, with YouTube updates frequently breaking the add-on and causing performance issues or total disablement. Overall, Iridium is valued when it works but is perceived as unreliable and under-supported.

Pros

Back and functioning again after updates, with users expressing relief and satisfaction.
Some reviewers prefer Iridium over alternative YouTube add-ons and consider it the best option available.

Cons

Not maintained/abandoned; long gaps between updates and frequent breakage due to YouTube updates.
Causes performance problems and can disrupt watching YouTube, including slower page loads and conflicts with other extensions.
Version changes have broken key features and the project is seen as not being kept up-to-date for years.

Recent reviews

Funciona para desactivar los 60fps de los videos y verlos solo en 720 en computadoras viejas, muchas gracias!

by Zi*****, 2026-06-22

by Do*****, 2026-04-03

While this is a great addon, i have to give it 1 star because it doesn't work anymore. I lose the ability to mute people, delete comments, edit comments, and i can't block channels anymore since Youtube keeps updating and breaking the addon. I REALLY hope a new update is on the way.

by ga*****, 2026-02-24

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Is Iridium for YouTube Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Iridium for YouTube requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Iridium for YouTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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