# YouTube Transcript Distiller

> YouTube Transcript Distiller fetches the full transcript of any YouTube video, sends it to Google Gemini AI with a customizable prompt, and posts the result directly into the YouTube comment field — formatted and ready to publish.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-distiller](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-distiller)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-transcript-distiller`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Michael Ruck
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 13
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03
- **First published:** 2026-06-02
- **Size:** 122 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-transcript-distiller/)
- **Website:** [https://marsgasse.com/youtube-transcript-distiller-a-firefox-add-on-that-reads-so-you-dont-have-to/](https://marsgasse.com/youtube-transcript-distiller-a-firefox-add-on-that-reads-so-you-dont-have-to/)

## Description

One click. The important points, right where other viewers can see them.
Features:

AI-powered summary via Google Gemini (free API key required)
Posts directly into the YouTube comment field
Prompt fully customizable
Supports 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
UI adapts to your browser language automatically
Your API key stays in your browser — no tracking, no data collection

Requirements:
A free Google Gemini API key from <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/428f7ca8ecc1c41184dda4f900bd8f3a4c8f02a5cf82577bf99c2dcc952a0132/http%3A//aistudio.google.com/app/apikey" rel="nofollow">aistudio.google.com/app/apikey</a>

## Rankings

- #29,774 — Overall
- #179 — script

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `clipboardRead`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`
- `https://m.youtube.com/*`
- `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*`
- `https://marsgasse.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`
- `m.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com, googleapis.com, marsgasse.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/youtube-transcript-distiller)