Tldw Youtube Summarizer

✨ AI-Powered

📦 v1.0

💾 18.43KiB

📅 2026-03-11

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Overview

TLDW - Too Long; Didn't Watch

Save time by getting AI-powered summaries of YouTube videos in seconds. No
more watching 30-minute videos for a few key takeaways.

How it works:
1. Navigate to any YouTube video
2. Click the TLDW extension icon
3. Hit "Generate Summary" and get your TLDR

Features:
- Choose your AI provider: OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini) or Claude (Anthropic)
- Multiple summary formats: Bullet points, brief, standard, or detailed
- Full transcript extraction with one click
- Copy summaries and transcripts to clipboard
- Clean, dark-themed interface

Privacy first:
Your API keys are stored locally on your device and are never sent to any
third-party server. TLDW is fully open source — inspect the code yourself at
https://github.com/rautellin/chrome-extension-tldw

Setup:
TLDW requires your own API key from OpenAI or Anthropic. See the GitHub repository for setup
instructions.