Youtube AI Extension
YouTube AI Extension is an interactive browser extension that transforms passive video watching into an interactive learning experience through real-time AI-powered video chat using OpenAI's API.
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About
About YouTube AI Extension
The MIT-licensed extension seamlessly integrates into YouTube's interface, enabling users to chat with videos in real-time, receive video summaries, ask questions and get context-aware responses, with multilingual support for global audiences. Built with React, Tailwind CSS, Plasmo extension framework, TypeScript, and OpenAI API integration, the extension provides contextual understanding of video content while generating intelligent summaries and answering user questions about what they're watching.
The project has a major update planned for June 2025 promising powerful new features, streamlined installation, and an official Chrome Web Store release. Perfect for students learning from educational videos, researchers analyzing content, language learners, professionals consuming training materials, or anyone wanting to engage more deeply with video content through AI-assisted comprehension and interaction, the extension demonstrates innovative AI integration in browser extensions.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. YouTube AI Extension is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the YouTube AI Extension repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/PaoloJN/youtube-ai-extension $ cd youtube-ai-extension $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with YouTube AI Extension.
YouTube AI Extension is an interactive browser extension that transforms passive video watching into an interactive learning experience through real-time AI-powered video chat using OpenAI's API. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
YouTube AI Extension is made by Paolojn, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Paolojn has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags YouTube AI Extension with React and Tailwind. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The YouTube AI Extension page embeds its live demo from chat-with-youtube.vercel.app, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The YouTube AI Extension listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/PaoloJN/youtube-ai-extension), then follow the README. The YouTube AI Extension page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the YouTube AI Extension repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. YouTube AI Extension is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
Follow the deployment notes in the YouTube AI Extension README: the right host depends on its framework and any services it needs. The page's categories show what it is built for.
The YouTube AI Extension listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/PaoloJN/youtube-ai-extension), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on YouTube AI Extension's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows YouTube AI Extension's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. YouTube AI Extension is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Paolojn supports YouTube AI Extension, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, YouTube AI Extension is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that YouTube AI Extension uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up YouTube AI Extension for you. Your files stay on your machine.
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