AI 产品解读Chrome context menu extension that sends YouTube (and optionally other video site) URLs to a self-hosted MeTube instance for downloading
Simplifies the workflow of downloading videos via a self-hosted MeTube/youtube-dl server by adding a right-click context menu option instead of manually copying/pasting URLs into the MeTube web UI
1. User installs the extension and configures their MeTube instance URL in options. 2. While browsing YouTube, user right-clicks a video link and selects 'Send to MeTube' from the context menu (or clicks the toolbar button on a video page). 3. The extension POSTs the video URL to the MeTube /add endpoint with format/quality settings. 4. MeTube downloads the video to the user's server.
Right-click context menu 'Send to MeTube' on YouTube video linksToolbar button click to send current tab's video URL to MeTubeConfigurable default video format (MP4, M4A, MP3, OPUS, WAV, Thumbnail)Configurable click behavior (go to MeTube, send URL, send URL and switch tab)Advanced settings: subfolder by hostname, name prefix by hostname, disable auto-startSupport for additional video sites beyond YouTube (Vimeo, Disney, etc.) via user-added URL patterns
- 目标用户
- Self-hosters running MeTube/youtube-dl on their own servers / Users who want a quick browser-to-downloader workflow for YouTube videos / Technical users comfortable with self-hosted media tools
- Cannot confirm whether the user's self-hosted MeTube instance requires authentication in custom deployments (the extension itself sends no credentials)
- The extension has wide host_permissions (http://*/*, https://*/*) which is typical for supporting arbitrary self-hosted MeTube URLs but limits host-level trust analysis
付费分析未识别到付费功能
The extension has no payment UI, no billing API calls, no premium/upgrade tiers, no license checks. The keyword hits for 'pro' are false positives from JavaScript's hasOwnProperty() method. MeTube (the destination service) is a free open-source project (github.com/alexta69/metube). All settings and features are available to all users without any gating.
- 置信度
- 95
- 支付平台
- --
- 来源
- AI / 高
- 需要登录
- 否
- 登录理由
- The extension does not require any login or account. It stores a user-configured MeTube instance URL and preferences in chrome.storage.sync. The MeTube server itself is self-hosted and no authentication is sent in the POST request to /add (background.js lines 41-55). There is no login UI, no auth tokens, no account system.