# YouTube Transcript

> Download YouTube transcripts directly to a clean TXT file. ● Just press the One-button interface. ● Get the insights without the watch time. ● AI Ready: Instantly analyze, translate, or summarize any video. ● No timecodes.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `yt-transcript`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** KeyCode
- **Category:** download-management,search-tools,language-support
- **Daily users:** 65
- **Weekly downloads:** 7
- **Version:** 3.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-05
- **First published:** 2026-02-25
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yt-transcript/)

## Description

Instant export: Scrapes active YouTube transcripts into a downloadable .txt file.
Privacy-Focused: No data collection, no AI.
Modern Standards: Fully compliant with 2026 Firefox security and manifest requirements.
Simple UI: Clean, one-button interface for a seamless user experience.

## Rankings

- #14,198 — Overall
- #84 — scraping
- #84 — script
- #166 — summarization
- #176 — interface
- #223 — summarizer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `https://www.youtube.com/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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