VidBrief — YouTube summaries

Skim, search, and chat with any YouTube video without leaving the page.

Turn long YouTube videos into clear, useful briefs without leaving the page. VidBrief opens in Chrome's Side Panel beside the video you are watching. Understand the main ideas, navigate important moments, and ask questions about the content using AI Chat. Key features: - Video summaries with key takeaways - Clickable outlines that jump to relevant timestamps - Video Q&A with timestamp references - Recent-video history and usage information - Multilingual summaries How it works: 1. Open a YouTube video. 2. Open VidBrief from the Chrome toolbar or Side Panel. 3. Connect your free VidBrief account. 4. Create a brief, browse the outline, or ask a question. Udemy private preview: Enabled preview accounts can import available timed captions from an individual Udemy lecture they can already access. Open the lecture on desktop, review the captions in VidBrief, and explicitly confirm before sending them to VidBrief and its AI processing providers. This preview does not download course videos, bypass DRM, or collect Udemy passwords or cookies. Udemy access is not included, and this feature is not yet available to every account. What's new in 0.1.1: - More reliable detection of the current video when switching tabs or browser windows - Clearer connection errors and retry behavior - Refined connection and empty-state interface VidBrief is useful for lectures, tutorials, interviews, podcasts, product reviews, and research videos. A free account is available with limited processing allowance and no credit card required. Paid plans provide higher limits and additional features. Privacy: VidBrief uses the current supported video's details, content you choose to process, and your questions to provide its features. Authentication uses a revocable extension session; the extension does not store your password. Learn more at https://vidbrief.org/privacy. VidBrief is an independent product and is not affiliated with YouTube or Udemy.