# uku/Unblock-Youku

A Chrome extension helping users access their web services while traveling outside mainland China

Repository: https://github.com/uku/Unblock-Youku
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/unblock-youku
Homepage: https://uku.im
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chrome-extension
Last push: 2024-04-04T10:33:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5282, "days_push": 881, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3154, forks 637 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.260197+00:00)

## What it is
Unblock Youku is an open-source Chrome extension that lets users outside mainland China access Chinese web services such as video and music streaming sites. It works by intelligently routing requests to those services through relay servers so they appear to originate from within China.

## Use cases
- watch Chinese streaming sites like Youku or Tencent Video while abroad
- listen to music on services that block overseas IPs
- access region-locked Chinese websites when traveling outside mainland China
- route only China-bound traffic through a proxy while browsing normally
- avoid paying for a full VPN just to unblock Chinese media

## When to choose
- you use Chrome and only need to access Chinese web services from overseas
- you want an open-source, transparent alternative to commercial return-to-China VPNs
- you prefer lightweight browser-level routing over a system-wide VPN

## When to avoid
- you need to unblock apps outside the browser, such as mobile or desktop clients
- you need general-purpose VPN privacy or encryption for all traffic
- you use a browser other than Chrome or a Chromium-based extension-compatible browser
- you require guaranteed uptime or commercial support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: proxy, networking, privacy, browser-extension
- domain: privacy, censorship-circumvention, browser-extensions, networking
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: geo-unblocking, chrome-extension, china, streaming, vpn-alternative, smart-routing

## Member repositories
- uku/Unblock-Youku (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.260197+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 2026-08-29T18:45:34.368876+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/uku/Unblock-Youku (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.260197+00:00, sha defcb45145aa)
  - homepage: https://uku.im (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:33.410734+00:00, sha a20cb8113a37)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.