PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer

Preview your video thumbnail and title on YouTube home page or subscription feed.
What is PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer?
PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer is an open-source Firefox add-on that enables YouTubers to easily preview their video thumbnail and title on the YouTube homepage or subscription feed. It provides options like random thumbnail placement, dark mode, and does not require login credentials. Created and developed by YouTuber Benjamin Code and designed by BastiUI, it is a helpful tool for creators seeking to optimize their thumbnails.

Add-on stats

By: Val
Users: 72 ▲ 2
Rating: 4.00 (3)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2023-06-03)
Creation date: 2021-09-01
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 73.23K

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Add-on summary

YouTubers want to preview their new upcomming video on amongst the other one on the YouTube Homepage to see if their thumbnail is good or bad. They often screenshot the homepage, go in Photoshop and make the job themself. This extension just requires you to upload your thumbnail and type the title of your video and you're done! You also have pretty interesting options such as:

  • Placing your thumbnail randomly on the homepage so you have to try to find it yourself and see if it's efficient or not.
  • Dark mode
  • Does not requires you to login and give your credential
  • Remembering your last submission

This is an open source extension so you can go on the repository of the extension and contribute or ask for new features. This extension has been created and developed by YouTuber Benjamin Code during a live stream on Twitch. The design has been realised by BastiUI during a live stream on Twitch. Lot of differents contributors developed good features for the project. It's an open source project that we hope will help a lot of creators.

User reviews

When adding a photo and a title, I cant select "👀 Preview," nothing happens when I click on it. Works just fine on Google Chrome though. I just honestly prefer Mozilla Firefox and I wish this amazing extension would work on this browser.
by gavin, 2023-04-16
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

PrevYou — YouTube Thumbnail Previewer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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