I Built a Tool to Turn YouTube into Structured Courses
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HN · launched Dec 29, 2025 · 10 upvotes (top 51%) · 0 views
Niche: ai course creation tools · 39 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -38% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Content generation
- B2C
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes The project extracts transcripts from YouTube videos using their API and feeds them into an LLM prompt to organize them into structured course outlines and modules.
Discussion
1 comment analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: YouTube, Traditional online course platforms
Concerns raised: Generation time (2-5 minutes) may be too slow, Limited course library (only 10+ courses at launch), Quality and accuracy of AI-generated summaries unclear, Dependency on YouTube content availability
Feature requests: Interactive quizzes or assessments, Offline download capability, Community discussion/notes sharing, Personalized learning paths based on skill level
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 683 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #311 of 684 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 60 days after the earliest competitor.
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- TubeSensei · ph · 2026-09-09 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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- I built a Free "Masterclass" from YouTube clips · hn · 2025-11-07 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- netflix-tube · github · 2026-09-09 · 34 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Transcribee: YouTube transcriber that builds a knowledge base · hn · 2026-01-29 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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