Better Theatre

Replaces YouTube's theatre mode with an edge-to-edge player and a collapsible side panel for live chat or comments.

Better Theatre replaces YouTube's theatre mode. There's nothing new to learn and no extra button: the theatre mode button and the T key you already use now open the new layout. • The video fills the whole window, edge to edge, with the page header and everything below the player out of the way. • On live streams, chat sits in a panel on the right that collapses and expands with one click. • On videos, comments do the same, with full sorting, replies and infinite scroll. • On finished streams, switch between comments and the chat replay. • Chapters and transcripts open in the same panel. • Light and dark themes are both supported, and your open or closed choice is remembered. Leave theatre mode the usual way and YouTube goes back to exactly how it was. Better Theatre collects no data at all. It's not affiliated with YouTube or Google.