Alternatives to Improve YouTube!

An open-source browser extension with hundreds of options for changing YouTube's layout and player. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Improve YouTube!.

  • Enhancer for YouTube

    Browser extension that adds playback speed, quality, volume and codec controls to YouTube.

    FreeProprietaryBrowser extension

    Enhancer for YouTube is proprietary and offers fewer options, focusing on playback speed, quality, volume and codec controls for Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

  • Unhook

    A browser extension that hides YouTube recommendation feeds, comments and other distractions.

    FreeProprietaryBrowser extension

    Unhook is closed source and only hides recommendation feeds, comments and other distractions, without player controls such as quality or codec.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Improve YouTube! as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • BlockTube

    A browser extension that filters YouTube videos, channels and comments by title, channel or content.

    FreeOpen sourceBrowser extension

    Improve YouTube! offers more than 300 layout and player options, including hiding Shorts and recommendations, rather than keyword or channel-based filtering of videos and comments.

  • Video Speed Controller

    A browser extension that adds keyboard shortcuts to speed up, slow down and rewind HTML5 video.

    FreeProprietaryBrowser extension

    Improve YouTube! is open source and offers more than 300 YouTube playback and layout options, but it covers only YouTube rather than HTML5 media on any site.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.