YT Siphon

Name: YT Siphon
Rating: 4.4444 (18 reviews)
Author: f3.al

By: f3.al

Redirect YouTube URLs to alternative frontends

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Features & Capabilities

YT Siphon is a handy browser extension designed to redirect YouTube URLs to alternative frontends, improving user privacy and avoiding ads. With this extension, users can press Alt+J on a YouTube video page to open the same video in a configured alternative frontend or Shift+Click on any video link to open it in a new tab using the alternative frontend. This helps bypass YouTube's ad enforcement and enhances browsing flexibility. Easily customizable shortcut keys add to the user experience, making video watching more convenient and privacy-focused.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

By:

f3.al

Daily users:

1,692 -2

Rating:

4.44

(18)

Version:

1.0.6 Last updated: 2023-10-15

Version code:

5637167

Creation date:

2023-10-14

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*

Content scripts matches:

www.youtube.com

Size:

168.57KB

Email:

yt*****@f3.al

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,409 ▼ 3

Other rankings

#18 in phone keyword 41 #133 in configure keyword 29 ▼ 1#220 in usage keyword 39

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Developed by:

f3.al

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-siphon/

Email:

yt*****@f3.al

Website:

https://github.com/d3vr/yt-siphon/issues

User Reviews

YT Siphon is praised for significantly improving the YouTube experience by blocking ads and improving usability, helping users who find YouTube frustrating. However, multiple users report technical problems such as slow performance or infinite loading on alternative sites, as well as difficulty with customization like changing shortcuts. Installation issues were also noted by a user. Overall, while the add-on is highly valued for enhancing YouTube viewing, it may face technical challenges on certain setups.

Pros

Effectively improves YouTube viewing experience by bypassing ads and annoying features.
User-friendly and solves usability issues causing frustration with YouTube.
Gratefully received by users who find YouTube almost unusable without it.
Helps protect users from YouTube's excessive advertisements, enhancing user control.

Cons

Some users experience technical issues such as infinite loading or slow video performance on alternative platforms like Piped.
Difficulty in changing keyboard shortcuts or unclear instructions for customization.
At least one user reported inability to install due to corrupted extension file.

Recent reviews

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by Fi*****, 2024-01-12

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Is YT Siphon 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.

YT Siphon requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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YT Siphon is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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