RapidFetch — Bulk YouTube Transcripts

Bulk-export YouTube transcripts and metadata (title, description, tags) from videos, playlists, or channels as Markdown or SRT.

RapidFetch lets you export YouTube transcripts and video metadata to your own computer as Markdown or SRT files. Use it to: • Save the transcript of a single YouTube video • Save transcripts from every video in a playlist • Save transcripts from every video on a channel (Videos, Shorts, or both) • Include any combination of: title, description, tags, channel, publish date, view count • Or skip transcripts entirely and export only metadata as a clean video index Output is saved to your Downloads folder as Markdown (single file or split by word count) or SRT (one file per video, packaged as a ZIP). Built for researchers, students, content creators, journalists, and notetakers who want a clean local copy of material they were already going to read or reference. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO • Does not download videos, audio, or thumbnails • Does not collect, store, transmit, or sell any of your personal data • Does not use analytics, tracking, advertising, or remote logging • Does not communicate with any server other than www.youtube.com PERMISSIONS • downloads — to save the generated files • storage — to remember resume state for long jobs (locally only) • scripting — to run the extraction function in the active YouTube tab's same-origin context • activeTab — to read the current tab's URL only when the popup is open, so the URL field auto-fills • alarms — to keep the background service worker awake during long jobs • host_permissions: https://www.youtube.com/* — the only origin contacted PRIVACY Full privacy policy: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/usmaniqbalkhan/8d0f69552dbacb223eb04db795143308/raw/e9d7824d2f6564f64237b6136f5f 2bb0fcd70222/gistfile1.txt We comply with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. No user data is collected, transferred, or used for advertising. DISCLAIMER RapidFetch is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube, LLC or Google LLC. "YouTube" is a trademark of Google LLC. Please use this extension only with content you have the right to access; respect the copyright of original creators.