# Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Chrome extension to return youtube dislikes

Repository: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/return-youtube-dislike
Homepage: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chrome-extension, youtube, firefox, firefox-addon, firefox-extension, dislike, dislikes, dislikes-count, dislike-button
Last push: 2026-08-08T15:23:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1753, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 123, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13717, forks 627 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.656954+00:00)

## What it is
Return YouTube Dislike is an open-source browser extension for Chrome and Firefox (plus a userscript) that restores the dislike count on YouTube videos using crowdsourced data and an estimation API. It also exposes a public API for querying estimated dislike counts.

## Use cases
- show dislike counts on youtube videos
- judge video quality before watching
- restore youtube dislike button
- get dislike count via api
- see if a tutorial video is trustworthy
- avoid clickbait and bad content on youtube

## When to choose
- you want dislike counts back on YouTube in Chrome, Firefox, or via userscript
- you need a programmatic API for estimated dislike data
- you want an open-source, actively maintained solution

## When to avoid
- you need exact official dislike counts (data is estimated from crowdsourced extension users)
- you use a browser or platform without extension or userscript support
- you dislike sharing your own like/dislike activity with a third-party backend

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: browser-extension, api-framework, analytics
- domain: browser-extensions, social-media, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: youtube, dislike-count, userscript, crowdsourced-data, chrome-extension, firefox-addon

## Member repositories
- Anarios/return-youtube-dislike (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.656954+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 2026-08-29T17:13:05.526659+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.656954+00:00, sha 0454c5071749)
  - homepage: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:54.411499+00:00, sha ef9146bbb3bd)
  - site_page: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:54.414147+00:00, sha 654f13cf1b7a)
  - site_page: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:54.415962+00:00, sha 5a089230682b)
  - site_page: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:54.417518+00:00, sha 38d8e5625837)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.