Cledit

Cledit Browser Reader

A small, free Chrome extension. It lets Cledit read public YouTube pages through your own browser, so your research never depends on a server that YouTube might block.

Coming soon to the Chrome Web Store

Add it in three steps

  1. Add it to ChromeOpen its Chrome Web Store page and click "Add to Chrome". Edge and Brave can install it from there too.
  2. Open CleditGo to cledit.app, or reload a Cledit tab that was already open.
  3. Check the sidebarAt the bottom of Cledit's sidebar you see a green dot:YouTube reads go through your browser

What it does

  • Opens the public YouTube pages Cledit asks for: channels, searches, videos, comments and transcripts.
  • Hands each page back to your Cledit tab, which sends it to Cledit for analysis.
  • Works only while a Cledit tab is open, and reads slowly, like a person would.

What it never does

  • Open any site other than YouTube.
  • Send your cookies or use your Google or YouTube account. Every page is read signed out.
  • Read your history, your other tabs or the pages you visit yourself.

Why does Chrome say it can "read and change your data on youtube.com"?

Chrome shows that warning for any extension that may open youtube.com pages. The Browser Reader uses it only to fetch the public pages Cledit asks for, without your cookies. It cannot see any other website.

Do I need to keep it on all the time?

It only does something while a Cledit tab is open. You can turn it off in Chrome's extensions page whenever you like; Cledit's sidebar then tells you it is missing.

Something not working?

Reload the Cledit tab first. If the sidebar still shows a red dot, write to [email protected].