# Sidesy: Your Comments Sidebar For YouTube

> Bring YouTube comments to the side. Dive into the comments without scrolling past the video.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `sidesy`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Abin John
- **Category:** social-communication,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 651
- **Weekly downloads:** 36
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (29 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-07
- **First published:** 2023-02-10
- **Size:** 37 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidesy/)

## Description

Sidesy: Your Comments Sidebar For YouTube is a convenient and aesthetically designed Firefox add-on that brings YouTube comments to the side, offering dark and light modes and an easy toggle to switch between default and sidebar views.

## Rankings

- #4,250 — Overall
- #20 — comment
- #57 — sidebar
- #64 — deepseek sidebar
- #116 — commands
- #158 — marketing

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

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

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## Review summary

Sidesy generally delivers on moving YouTube comments to a right-hand sidebar, improving viewing and engagement while being easy to use. However, reliability concerns are recurring after updates, with several users reporting it stops working and sometimes requiring a refresh or toggle to fix. Users also want more customization (width/splitter, auto-on by default, and hiding the move button). Overall, strong positive sentiment but with notable polish needed on reliability and features.

### Pros

- Relocates YouTube comments to the video page's right sidebar, eliminating the need to scroll back and forth.
- Very easy to use with no configuration required; a simple toggle controls it.
- Improves the viewing and engagement experience, with reviewers calling it a savior and elevating YouTube.
- Simple and neat; it just works and looks great for many users.

### Cons

- Reliability issues: several reviews report the addon stops functioning after updates or on some pages.
- Intermittent failures requiring page refresh or toggling to restore functionality.
- Limited customization: users want adjustable sidebar width/split line, an auto-on by default option, and the ability to hide the movement button.

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