VideoLens
VideoLens is a Chrome and Firefox extension that analyzes YouTube videos and produces written reports with key ideas, visual details, and links to relevant moments. Users can choose report styles, ask follow-up questions, and export reports as HTML or PDF.
Overview
10 featuresVideoLens sits in PulseGate's Other AI category. It focuses on turning long YouTube videos into verifiable written summaries and reports without manually watching or taking notes. It is built as a consumer product for youTube viewers, researchers, students, and professionals. VideoLens follows a freemium model. It ships for the web, the command line, and embeddable surfaces.
Behind VideoLens is VideoLens, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 31 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include AI summaries, report styles, and timestamp citations. VideoLens is currently in beta.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- AI summaries
- Report styles
- Timestamp citations
- Visual details
- Follow-up questions
- HTML export
- PDF export
- Chrome extension
- Firefox extension
- Private mode
Built with & integrations
- Claude Code
- commit f316a9d4328d · since Jul 2026
- openai
- bgpt- in the HTML
- Vercel
- x-vercel-id header · x-vercel-cache header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed17 Sep · 04:09 UTCVideoLens — YouTube Video Summaries verified via Firefox Add-onsSource: Firefox Add-ons · Open
Frequently asked questions about VideoLens
- What is VideoLens?
- VideoLens focuses on turning long YouTube videos into verifiable written summaries and reports without manually watching or taking notes. It is catalogued under Other AI on PulseGate.
- Who should use VideoLens?
- VideoLens is a consumer product built for youTube viewers, researchers, students, and professionals.
- Does VideoLens have a free plan?
- Yes — there is a free tier, with paid plans for advanced use.
- What platforms does VideoLens run on?
- VideoLens runs on the web, the command line, and embeddable surfaces.
- Is VideoLens still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 31 commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to VideoLens?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include YouTube Video Summarizer, Privacy Lens, and YouTube summaries extension.YouTube Video SummarizerPrivacy LensYouTube summaries extension
- Who makes VideoLens?
- VideoLens is developed by VideoLens.
- How long has VideoLens been around?
- VideoLens first shipped in 2026.
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