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CLUSTER SKIPS-AUTOMATICALLY-BROWSER · 10 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-12-13

Ad-skipping video enhancement tools

This cluster comprises browser extensions, iOS Safari extensions, and media player plugins that remove or skip ads, sponsor messages, and other non-content segments on video platforms such as YouTube, Bilibili, and specific Indian streaming services. The dated entries are sparse, with six entries scattered between April 2021 and July 2025 and no month having more than one entry, indicating a steady but low-level stream of similar tools. Among dated members with activity, youtube-shorts-blacklist leads with 6 stars, followed by jiohotstar-ad-blocker with 2 stars and adcut-app.github.io with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2021: 1DEC 2022: 1NOV 2024: 1MAR 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 1OCT 2026: 2
APR 2021OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 7 unlabelled

Operator · 5 hobby · 5 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01youtube-freetube0★10 days—ai-builthobbyBrowser extension that automatically redirects YouTube video and Shorts links to the FreeTube desktop player instead of the YouTube website.
  2. 02auto-advance0★26 days—hobbyBrowser extension that automatically advances to the next short-form video on YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, with configurable repeats, watch-again delay, duration limits, and ad skipping.
  3. 03ai-label-filter-for-youtube0★3 days—hobbyBrowser extension that dims or hides YouTube videos flagged as made with AI and shows the reason for the label without using a server.
  4. 04firefox-extension-sponsorblock0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceBrowser extension that automatically skips sponsored segments in YouTube videos.
  5. 05adcut-app.github.io0★1 mo—hobbyBrowser extension that automatically detects and skips YouTube ad interruptions to provide an uninterrupted, local-first viewing experience.
  6. 06adcut-app.github.io0★1 mo—hobbyBrowser extension that automatically detects and skips YouTube ad interruptions using local, on-device processing.
  7. 07firefox-sponsorblock-for-youtube-skip-sponsorships-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceBrowser extension that automatically detects and skips sponsored segments and other non-content sections in YouTube videos.
  8. 08mpv-bilibili-sponsorblock0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMedia player plugin that automatically detects and skips sponsor segments while watching Bilibili videos.
  9. 09sponskrub0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceApplication that removes sponsor messages from YouTube videos, letting users watch without interruptions.
  10. 10mpv-sponsorblock0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceMedia player plugin that automatically detects and skips sponsor segments while watching YouTube videos.

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