Only Video

Chrome extension to hide everything except video elements.

Prerequisites

This project uses the latest Node.js LTS release (v22). The repository includes an .nvmrc file, so running nvm use will automatically select the correct version.

The extension source code is written in TypeScript, which is compiled during the build process.

Installing from Releases

Automated GitHub releases include a prebuilt copy of the extension and an auto-generated changelog describing the changes. To install:

1. Visit the releases page and download the only-video.zip file from the latest release.
2. Extract the archive to a folder on your computer.
3. Open chrome://extensions in Chrome and enable Developer mode.
4. Choose Load unpacked and select the extracted folder. Updates will also be available from the same releases page.

Chrome will load the extension from that directory.

Building Locally

Run the following commands to build the extension yourself:

npm install
npm run build

The compiled extension will be in the dist/ directory.

Incrementing the Version

Run npm version <patch|minor|major> to bump the project version. The version script will automatically update public/manifest.json so its version matches package.json.