# ajayyy/DeArrow

Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube

Repository: https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dearrow
Homepage: https://dearrow.ajay.app
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-05T03:54:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1404, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 51, "gap_med": 9.0, "n_releases_24m": 49}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2259, forks 82 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:31.556408+00:00)

## What it is
DeArrow is an open-source browser extension that crowdsources better titles and thumbnails for YouTube videos, replacing sensationalized clickbait with accurate, community-submitted alternatives. It fetches submissions from a shared backend, generates thumbnail screenshots from video timestamps, and falls back to configurable title formatting and random-timestamp thumbnails when no submissions exist.

## Use cases
- remove clickbait titles from youtube videos
- replace sensationalized youtube thumbnails
- crowdsource accurate video titles
- show neutral thumbnails in my youtube feed
- format youtube titles to sentence case
- reduce sensationalism on youtube

## When to choose
- you watch YouTube regularly and want less clickbait
- you want community-driven, open-source title/thumbnail replacement
- you want a SponsorBlock-style crowdsourced experience with a public API and downloadable database

## When to avoid
- you don't use YouTube
- you prefer original creator branding untouched
- you need a non-browser solution (mobile support requires extra setup)

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, web-scraping, image-processing
- domain: browser-extensions, social-media, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: youtube, crowdsourcing, clickbait, thumbnails, titles, sponsorblock

## Member repositories
- ajayyy/DeArrow (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.556408+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:42:44.614812+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.556408+00:00, sha 3be0a8079e54)
  - homepage: https://dearrow.ajay.app (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:39.749697+00:00, sha adde37bccee1)
  - site_page: https://dearrow.ajay.app/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:39.752231+00:00, sha 42dd13cdbbf8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.