FocusTube
Turn YouTube from a distraction engine into a focused tool
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FocusTube is a privacy-first Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that turns YouTube from a distraction engine into a focused learning environment. Block distractions, close your daily Focus Rings, and get a morning briefing — 100% local, no account, no telemetry.
PH · launched Sep 15, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Chrome Extensions
- Productivity
- GitHub
- YouTube
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More like this: all 257 launches in distraction and screen time blockers →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a local Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that injects CSS/scripts to hide distraction elements on YouTube and tracks watch time in local storage.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 250 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #68 of 251 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 260 days after the earliest competitor.
- TubeFocus · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.71
- Do Not Distracted — Focus OS · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Focus Shield · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- FocusShield · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Youtube Study Mode · ph · 2026-09-17 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- ZenTab · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- focusflow · github · 2026-09-20 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- LessTube · ph · 2026-10-18 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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