d3vr / yt-siphon

Firefox add-on to open YouTube videos in open alternative frontends (e.g: Piped)

YT Siphon

Redirect YouTube URLs to Alternative Frontends Manually

YT Siphon is a browser extension that lets you choose to open YouTube videos in alternative frontends. Instead of auto-redirecting, it gives you the power to decide with simple shortcuts. Key Features:

• Alt+J: Open the current YouTube video in your chosen frontend.
  • Tip: You can customize this shortcut in your browser settings.
• Shift+Click: While on YouTube, use this to open a video (by clicking on thumbnails / links) in the configured frontend in a new tab.

Perfect for those who like to browse the YouTube homepage and selectively watch videos on alternative frontends. Also handy if someone shares a YouTube link with you and you prefer watching it on a different frontend.

Motivation

YouTube started cracking down on Ad Blocker usage, so this is my workaround.

Installation

Mozilla Add-Ons site

Get the add-on from addons.mozilla.org

Manual

1. Download the .xpi addon file from the Releases page
2. Go to about:addons
3. Click the gear icon and select Install Add-on From File

Cloned repo

1. Clone the repository or download as zip
2. Go to about:debugging
3. Click on This Firefox
4. Then Load Temporary Add-on
5. Select manifest.json in the src/ directory from the cloned repo.

Configuration

1. Visit YouTube then click the Add-Ons icon to open the panel and click the gear icon next to YT Siphon
2. Select Always Allow on www.youtube.com
3. ...
4. Profit?

You can change the default configured alternative frontend (piped.video) from the options page. You can click the extension's icon to access the options page.

Credit

• GPT-4 and Phind helped a lot while creating this add-on.
• DALL-E 3 created the logo / icon.

License

MIT