Chrome extension · digital diet

Diet-Youtube

Replace YouTube’s impulse Home with a queue-first reading surface. Watch later first. The algorithm stays one click away.

Watch later home Custom feeds No backend
Download the release zip Watch the 21s overview Install steps

Release notes

Watch

Watch later is home. You never just watch a video — you watch from the queue.

How it looks

Subscriptions chronological Icons grid
Subscriptions stay chronological. List layout is one click away.
New feed sheet naming Learning Playlist and adding The Verge
Click ＋ to make a new feed — name it and add channels or playlists.
View menu with sort, posted within, and Icons density
Sort, posted-within, and Icons density apply to this tab now. Save as default is separate.

How to install (no coding)

You do not need to clone this repo or know how to code. Download one zip, unzip it, then point Chrome at that folder.

  1. Click Download the release zip — the browser starts diet-youtube-v1.2.0.zip immediately. Do not use “Source code (zip)”. Optional: release notes.
  2. Typical location: /Users/YOURNAME/Downloads/diet-youtube-v1.2.0.zip on a Mac, or C:\Users\YOURNAME\Downloads\diet-youtube-v1.2.0.zip on Windows.
  3. Unzip it (Mac: double-click; Windows: right-click → Extract All). You get a folder diet-youtube-v1.2.0 next to the zip.
  4. Open that folder and confirm you see manifest.json inside it. That folder is what Chrome needs — not the .zip file. If you see a nested double folder, use the inner one that contains manifest.json.
  5. Open Google Chrome. In the address bar type chrome://extensions and press Enter.
  6. Turn on Developer mode (top right).
  7. Click Load unpacked (top left).
  8. Select the diet-youtube-v1.2.0 folder in Downloads, then Open.
  9. Go to youtube.com while signed in. You should land on Watch later inside Diet-Youtube.

Need a break? Pin the Diet-Youtube toolbar icon and turn it Off — no uninstall needed. Longer steps and a troubleshooting table: README install guide.

How to uninstall / remove

  1. Open chrome://extensions.
  2. Find Diet-Youtube.
  3. Click Remove, then confirm.

YouTube goes back to normal. You can delete the diet-youtube-v1.2.0 folder and zip from Downloads afterward.

What you get

  • Queue-first home: Watch later (or your default playlist).
  • Feed only after an explicit tab click.
  • New feeds (＋) — name one and add channels or playlists.
  • YouTube-style ⋮ to save to Watch later / playlists.
  • Icons + List; Comfortable / Default / Dense.
  • Toolbar On/Off switch.
  • Runs only in your browser — no Diet-Youtube backend.