WesselKroos/youtube-ambilight
This browser extension adds ambient light to YouTube videos
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Where it stands
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No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 352 days ago, with 5 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Adds dynamic ambient lighting effects to YouTube videos in supported browsers to enhance viewing immersion.
- Provides real-time ambient light synchronization with video content across multiple browsers with minimal performance impact.
- Use for creating a more immersive YouTube watching experience by extending video colors beyond the screen edges.
- Use for enhancing home theater setups without additional hardware by simulating ambilight effects via a browser extension.
- Use for developers interested in customizing or contributing to open-source browser extensions that manipulate video playback visuals.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- No commits in the last six months (last push Nov 2025).
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From the README
Immerse yourself in YouTube videos with ambient light!
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+169 stars over 31 days across 5 snapshot days; best day +35 on Oct 2.
Forks
48+22
Open issues
34+7
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| WesselKroos/youtube-ambilight | 426 | — | 9 | 352 days ago |
| Category median | 48.4K | +6.2K | 44 | — |
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