Youtube Rush

YouTube Rush – Clean & Minimal YouTube Experience

YouTube Rush is a lightweight web extension designed to subtly improve the YouTube interface for long-form content and live streams. It automatically applies CSS tweaks to clean up distracting UI elements and enhance viewer focus—especially in fullscreen mode.

🎯 Key Features:
🧹 Clean Progress Bar: Removes the default focus outline for a sleeker appearance
🔍 Fullscreen Focus Mode: Hides video title, share/like buttons, and YouTube brand logo in fullscreen
🎨 Transparent UI: Makes control backgrounds transparent and adjusts button positioning for a cleaner layout
🖥️ Optimized for Long Videos & Streams: Ideal for uninterrupted viewing
🆕 Supports Material You (MUI): Fully compatible with the updated YouTube UI as of April 28
🔐 Privacy First: No scripts injected, just pure CSS
💻 Open Source: Check it out on GitHub – https://github.com/SLyHuy/youtube-rush

🔄 Change Log:
* Version 3.0 - Mar 4
+ New: Popup settings panel — Configure the extension directly from the toolbar popup with a modern dark UI.
+ New: Opacity sliders — Adjust controls opacity and progress bar opacity independently (0–100%).
+ New: Progress bar position toggle — Choose between YouTube default position or pinned to the bottom of the player.
+ Opacity and progress bar position are now user-configurable and applied dynamically via a content script. The static CSS values from v2.x are replaced by settings stored in `chrome.storage.sync`.
+ New permission: `storage` (zero user-facing warning) — required to persist your settings across sessions.
+ Timed markers pinned to bottom: `ytp-timed-markers-container` is now repositioned to the very bottom of the player with a clean 4px gap, separated from the control bar.
+ Dimmed player controls: All control buttons (play/pause, volume, autoplay, subtitles, settings, theater, fullscreen) now render at 0.4 opacity for a less intrusive UI.

* Version 2.3 - Jul 5
+ Hide meta-data UI in YouTube Short:** The user interface for YouTube Shorts has been updated to hide metadata, providing a cleaner and more immersive viewing area.
+ Improve visibility all detail of short video:** All essential details of the short video are now more clearly visible for an improved user experience.

* Version 2.2 - May 15
+ Youtube rollback previous UI, so we'll rollback some CSS to support previous UI.

* Version 2.1 - May 8:
+ Updated progress bar positioning and z-index
+ Removed background from control buttons (backdrop-filter, background)
+ New: Hides video title, share/like buttons, and brand logo in fullscreen
+ New: Made UI background transparent and repositioned buttons for better focus
+ A small tool with a big impact—YouTube Rush helps you enjoy content without distractions.